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Conducting Research in Community-Based Injury Prevention

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Research is essential for developing evidence-based injury prevention initiatives, but standard methodologies used in the hospital setting are not always applicable in the community settings. This chapter discusses the importance of rigorous data driven injury and violence prevention research and the challenges faced by hospital-based injury and violence prevention professionals in conducting community-based research. In addition, it describes community-based participatory research methods and introduces proven and innovative solutions to many of the barriers to conducting effective community-based injury prevention research.

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Violano, P., Miller, B. (2023). Conducting Research in Community-Based Injury Prevention. In: Adams, C., Tinkoff, G. (eds) Hospital-based Injury and Violence Prevention Programs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20357-2_7

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