MGH Guides: Safety and Injury Prevention: Safety & Injury Prevention

Safety & Injury Prevention

Here are a selection of Safety and Injury Prevention resources available in the Community Health library. We can't list everything we have here, so get in touch with us if you're looking for something specific! librarian@mghihp.edu

Web Resources

MedlinePlus Safety Portal
Collection of articles and informational materials on a variety of safety topics.
National Fire Protection Association Education Programs
Includes materials for Learn Not to Burn, Risk Watch, and Remember When.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Extensive collection of safety guides for specific products and more.
Injury Prevention and Control
From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Home and Recreational Safety
From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Injury Prevention Books

Preventing Injuries Injury Prevention Community Health Nursing

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Falls in Older People by Rein Tideiksaar
Call Number: ELD FALL FALLS
ISBN: 9781932529449
Publication Date: 2010-05-18
Presenting evidence-based practice throughout, this easy-to-read manual is a comprehensive guide to preventing and managing falls in hospitals and long-term care settings. Now in its fourth edition, the award-winning guide explores the internal and external causes of falls, analyzes their consequences, provides clinical assessments for actual falls as well as risks for falling, and promotes an interdisciplinary approach to falls management.
Safety Skills Reader W/ PDF by Tom Kinney
Call Number: SAFE INJ SKILLS
ISBN: 9781578616565
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Safety Skills Reader features twenty-six illustrated stories covering essential everyday safety skills. Each story is wonderfully illustrated in a graphic novel style using adult characters with text written at a third grade reading level, making it ideal for transition students with development disabilities.
Injury Prevention in Children by David H. Stone
ISBN: 9781906716257
Publication Date: 2011-07-11
Injury, unintentional or intentional, is the largest single cause of mortality in children and young people. Although the subject has been neglected in the past, governments, professionals and public health agencies around the world now recognize the huge toll of avoidable suffering and expenditure that injuries cause.

Medication Safety + Management

Worksheets and Brochures

Medication Management: Lock Box and Timer Pill Box/Bottles
Call Number: CHR MED PILL MGMT (Borrow from the Library)

Tracking Medications
Worksheet from the National Institute of Health to help identify and track medications
Medications' Effect on Older Adult Brain Functions
Brochure discussing the cognitive side effects of medications
Safe Use of Medicines for Older Adults
Information for older adults from NIA

Evidence

Medication safety: Still a pressing concern
Nicol, N. C. (2020). Medication safety: Still a pressing concern. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 77(4), 244–245. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxz321
Understanding the utilisation of a novel interactive electronic medication safety dashboard in general practice: a mixed methods study.
Jeffries, M., Gude, W. T., Keers, R. N., Phipps, D. L., Williams, R., Kontopantelis, E., Brown, B., Avery, A. J., Peek, N., & Ashcroft, D. M. (2020). Understanding the utilisation of a novel interactive electronic medication safety dashboard in general practice: a mixed methods study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 20(1), 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-020-1084-5
The role of organizational and professional cultures in medication safety: a scoping review of the literature.
Machen, S., Jani, Y., Turner, S., Marshall, M., & Fulop, N. J. (2019). The role of organizational and professional cultures in medication safety: a scoping review of the literature. International Journal for Quality in Health Care : Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, 31(10), G146–G157. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzz111
Rx for Addiction and Medication Safety (RAMS-PEER): Evaluation of an Education and Peer Program on Opioid Misuse.
Sun, Tianyu, Ashley L Buchanan, Jeffrey P Bratberg, Emily Patry, and Kelly L Matson. 2020. “Rx for Addiction and Medication Safety (RAMS-PEER): Evaluation of an Education and Peer Program on Opioid Misuse.” Preventing Chronic Disease 17 (May): E37.
Successful implementation of a medication safety program for Aboriginal Health Practitioners in rural Australia.
Khalil, Hanan. 2019. “Successful Implementation of a Medication Safety Program for Aboriginal Health Practitioners in Rural Australia.” Australian Journal of Rural Health 27 (2): 158–63.

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