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Haddon Matrix
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<h2 id="preventing-injuries">Preventing injuries</h2> <p>(These ten items are often called "Haddon's Strategies.") Possible ways of preventing injury during the various phases include:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h3>Pre-event</h3> <ol><li>Prevent the existence of the agent.</li> <li>Prevent the release of the agent.</li> <li>Separate the agent from the host.</li> <li>Provide protection for the host.</li></ol> <h3>Event</h3> <ol><li>Minimize the amount of agent present.</li> <li>Control the pattern of release of the agent to minimize damage.</li> <li>Control the interaction between the agent and host to minimize damage.</li> <li>Increase the resilience of the host.</li></ol> <h3>Post-event</h3> <ol><li>Provide a rapid treatment response for host.</li> <li>Provide treatment and rehabilitation for the host.</li></ol> <h2 id="citations">Citations</h2> <h2 id="general-and-cited-references">General and cited references</h2> <ul><li>Runyan CW (December 1998). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1730420">"Using the Haddon matrix: introducing the third dimension"</a>. <i>Inj. Prev</i>. 4 (4): 302–7. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1136%2Fip.4.4.302">10.1136/ip.4.4.302</a>. <a href="/facts/PMC_(identifier)/dX1zMt71">PMC</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1730420">1730420</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9887425">9887425</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192751/http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/CHPP/CAM/4-PublHlthApproach/HaddonMatrix.pdf">https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192751/http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/CHPP/CAM/4-PublHlthApproach/HaddonMatrix.pdf</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/vincentweb/chapter6.html">http://www.ibiblio.org/vincentweb/chapter6.html</a></li> <li>Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Blodgett D, Fews AL, Parker CL, Links JM (May 2005). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1257548">"The Application of the Haddon Matrix to Public Health Readiness and Response Planning"</a>. <i>Environ. Health Perspect</i>. 113 (5): 561–6. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1289%2Fehp.7491">10.1289/ehp.7491</a>. <a href="/facts/PMC_(identifier)/dX1zMt71">PMC</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1257548">1257548</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15866764">15866764</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Peden, World Health Organization. Ed. by Margie (2004). World report on road traffic injury prevention. Geneva: World Health Organization. ISBN 9241562609. <a href="9241562609" target="_blank">9241562609</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Haddon W Jr. (September 1999). "The changing approach to the epidemiology, prevention, and amelioration of trauma: the transition to approaches etiologically rather than descriptively based". Inj. Prev. 5 (3): 231–5. doi:10.1136/ip.5.3.231. PMC 1730511. PMID 10518273. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1730511" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1730511</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Haddon W Jr. (1980). "Advances in the epidemiology of injuries as a basis for public policy". Public Health Rep. 95 (5): 411–21. PMC 1422748. PMID 7422807. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1422748" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1422748</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Haddon W Jr. (1974). "Editorial: Strategy in preventive medicine: passive vs. active approaches to reducing human wastage". Journal of Trauma. 14 (4): 353–4. doi:10.1097/00005373-197404000-00022. PMID 4819627. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Baker SP, Haddon W Jr (Fall 1974). "Reducing injuries and their results: the scientific approach". Milbank Mem Fund Q Health Soc. 52 (4): 377–89. doi:10.2307/3349509. JSTOR 3349509. PMID 4498200. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Haddon W Jr. (December 1970). "On the escape of tigers: an ecologic note". Am J Public Health Nations Health. 60 (12): 2229–34. doi:10.2105/AJPH.60.12.2229-b. PMC 1349282. PMID 5530409. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1349282" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1349282</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>