Injury and Violence Prevention Courses
UNC IPRC supports two courses in IVP that are taught in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. These courses focus on unintentional injuries from a public health perspective and intentional injuries (violence) using similar perspectives and concepts. Concepts covered in these courses includes the Haddon Matrix and the Haddon Countermeasures, active and passive prevention strategies, using framing concepts for communication and messaging, community-based injury prevention strategies and capacity building, and injury surveillance. In-depth class sessions address a range of injury/violence topics in detail, and the material is taught using a combination of lectures, classroom discussion, readings, and project work.
EPID/MHCH/HBEH 625 “Unintentional Injury as a Public Health Problem”
Fall Semester | Credits: 3
Lead Instructor: Stephen W. Marshall, PhD (Professor, Epidemiology) and Stephanie M. DeLong, PhD, MPH (Assistant Professor, Epidemiology)
Fall Semester | Credits: 3
Lead Instructor: Stephen W. Marshall, PhD (Professor, Epidemiology) and Stephanie M. DeLong, PhD, MPH (Assistant Professor, Epidemiology)
This course examines the causes and consequences of injury, predominantly unintentional injury, through the use of interactive classroom exercises and seminars led by experts in injury control. The course covers core concepts in injury prevention and control, including the epidemiology of unintentional injury, prevention strategies, behavioral models, messaging framing, the Haddon Matrix and Countermeasures, and strategic community-driven injury prevention. Detailed information is presented on a range of substantive topics in unintentional injury, including opioid disorders and overdose, falls in older adults, occupational injuries, burns and thermal injuries, agricultural injuries, musculoskeletal and sports-related injuries, and motor vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle injuries. Prevention of unintentional injuries in both domestic (USA) and global settings is discussed.
EPID/MHCH/HBEH 626 “Violence as a Public Health Problem”
Spring Semester | Credits: 3
Lead Instructor: Stephanie M. DeLong, PhD, MPH (Assistant Professor, Epidemiology) and Belinda-Rose Young, PhD, MSPH, CPH
Spring Semester | Credits: 3
Lead Instructor: Stephanie M. DeLong, PhD, MPH (Assistant Professor, Epidemiology) and Belinda-Rose Young, PhD, MSPH, CPH
This companion course examines the causes and consequences of violence (intentional injury). The course covers the epidemiology of violence, causes and consequences of violence, structural determinants of violence, community-based violence prevention strategies, and violence surveillance. We also discuss a range of substantive topics in intentional injury, including child maltreatment, gender-based violence, suicide and self-harm, and firearm-related violence.