1 CHAPTER 1 ....................................................................................... 1
GENERAL STATEMENT ...................................................................................... 1
1.1 Injury epidemiology ................................................................................................... 1
1.2 History of injury prevention programs ....................................................................... 2
1.2.1 Earlier strategies for safety promotion .............................................................. 2
1.2.2 Educational interventions .................................................................................. 3
1.2.3 Legislative intervention ..................................................................................... 3
1.3 Preamble ................................................................................................................... 3
1.4 Statement of the problem .......................................................................................... 4
1.5 Proposed investigation in this research .................................................................... 7
1.6 Student contribution .................................................................................................. 9
1.6 References .............................................................................................................. 11