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FACT SHEETS

The Center is in the process of developing fact sheets for use by journalists and  the general public. As they become available, you will find links on this page to fact sheets on fire safety, occupational safety and motor vehicle safety. They will be presented in the following format.:

The Fire Injury Burden in the United States

Graphs

Trends in Injury 1999-2004

presentations

October 6, 2009 Symposium “Reducing Drinking on College Campuses: Where to From Here?”
Click on each link to access the Power Point presentations of the four speakers. 

David Jernigan: "From Global to Local: An Introduction to the Symposium"

Debra Furr-Holden: "Alcohol Outlets and Problems in Baltimore: Is There Environmental Support for High-Risk Drinking?"

Ralph Hingson: "Magnitude and Prevention of College and Underage Drinking Problems"

Toben Nelson: "How can we Reduce College Student Drinking? Lessons Learned from the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study and the 'A Matter of Degree' Program."

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Engineering Safety

An experienced whitewater kayaker, Isaac Ludwig had made 10 trips down the Narrows of the Green rapids in North Carolina. His eleventh trip on April 1, 2007, was nearly his last.

When he got to the Gorilla, a 15-foot waterfall that lands on a shallow rock shelf, things started to go terribly wrong. He’s convinced that his WRSI helmet -- the result of a collaboration between the Center and other partners -- saved him in a harrowing fall in which he hit his head on a rock.  

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