Colorado State University
Lorann Stallones,
PhD
Phone: 970-491-6156
Fax: 970-491-2940
E-mail: loranns@cvmbs.colostate.edu
Colorado State University
Department of Environmental Health
B107 Microbiology Building
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
Website:
psy.psych.colostate.edu/CICRC/
Contact
Person:
Julie Gibbs-Long
Phone: 970-491-2680
Fax:
970-491-2940
Overview
In the United States, injuries are the leading cause of death in the first four decades of life and the fourth leading cause of death for all age groups. Incidence of injury-related morbidity and mortality is higher in rural areas; however, there is a lack of research to develop effective injury prevention and control programs in rural areas. The primary focus of the Colorado Injury Control Research Center (CICRC) is to address the prevention and control of injuries among rural and underserved populations in Public Health Service Region VIII. This region includes Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, South Dakota, and North Dakota, all of which have a large rural population base.
CICRC efforts will be largely concentrated in four specific injury areas: occupational injuries (primarily agricultural-related), head injuries, motor-vehicle crashes, and burns. The specific aims are:
- to use existing surveillance for injuries, disabilities, and behavioral risk factors in Colorado to compare urban and rural differences in injury patterns;
- to identify high-risk populations among rural residents and to identify risk characteristics associated with injuries in rural areas;
- to stimulate basic biomedical research in the pathophysiology and treatment of injury to the nervous system;
- to educate health professionals and the general public about the magnitude and cost of injury; and
- to expand existing community-based activities in injury control and prevention in the state and region.
The work will be accomplished through three core components: administrative/training, communication and public education; and research. The Research Core contains eight research projects: Project 1 (rehabilitation), The Culture of Rural Health Care and Rehabilitation Services for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury; Project 2 (prevention), Brain Injury Prevention in Rural Populations Using the Community Readiness Model; Project 3 (prevention), The Reduction of Driving Anger; Project 4 (acute care), Recovery from Ischemic Brain Injury; Project 5 (biomechanics), Biomechanical Assessment of the Effects of Auditory Input on Motor Performance in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury; Project 6 (acute care), Rural And Urban Preventable Injury Mortality in Colorado; Project 7 (epidemiology), Measuring Disability, Participation, and Environmental Factors in Rural Colorado; and Project 8 (rehabilitation), Educational Outreach Supporting Rural Burn Survivors.
Projects