Resumen de Role of Environmental Interventions in Injury Control and Prevention

Corinne Peek-Asa, Craig Zwerling

• Injuries result from transfer of energy to a human host. In the epidemiologic model of infectious disease, microbes are the “agents” of infection. Similarly, in the epidemiologic model of traumatic injury, energy is the “agent” of injury (figure 1). This model provides a good basis for understanding the role of the environment in the causal pathway for injuries.