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The Institute of Medicine's and National Academy of Sciences' 1985 and 1989 reports spark a national call for a consolidated federal focus on injury prevention. The mission — bring the public health perspective to injury prevention. Its aim — apply the same kinds of techniques that had proven so effective in preventing infectious disease transmission and reducing the effect of chronic illnesses to reduce injuries and their effects. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention merges existing programs to form a division for injury control.
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First National Injury Survey
CDC conducts the nationwide Injury Control and Risk Survey (ICARIS) to assess a wide variety of injury risk factors. Data from the first ICARIS survey are published in 1996, examining dog bites and discussing the severity of the problem for the United States.
Reducing Bicycle-Related Head Injuries
The CDC-funded Harborview ICRC in Seattle determines that community educational campaigns, such as the Washington Children's Bicycle Helmet Campaign, can increase helmet use and decrease the incidence of bicycle-related head injuries.
The next year, CDC publishes its first guidelines for bicycle helmet use in a new series of Injury Control Recommendations in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Recommendations and Reports. Reaching out to state and local agencies, the guidelines provide a comprehensive analysis of bicycle-related head injuries, the value of bicycle helmets in reducing head injuries, helmet standards, performance in crashes, barriers that keep people from wearing helmets, and a set of recommendations for increasing bicycle helmet use.
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