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IPRC Injury Blog
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Stricter lighting & marking policies may reduce farm crashes
In farming states, urban sprawl around traditionally rural areas is just one of the reasons crashes between farm vehicles and passenger vehicles are likely to increase. With drivers unfamiliar with farm equipment, they may not know how to interact with these very large and slow-moving vehicles on public highways. However, alerting drivers with lights and…
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Are Iowan children buckled up?
Motor-vehicle safety is among the top 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century according to the CDC—and laws requiring seat belt use and child safety seats are among the reasons why. The majority of Iowans understand the importance of restraining their children, but there is still some work to do. To measure compliance…
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New IPRC study: Report crimes to police
Some people don’t call 911 after a crime has been committed against them. However, IPRC researchers found that individuals who report being victims of crime to police are less likely to be victimized in the future compared to those who don’t do so. The new study, published July 28 in the journal PLOS ONE, looked…
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Evaluating Iowa’s anti-bullying law
Between 1999 and 2010 state anti-bullying policies proliferated in the US. With all 50 states having such a law today, researchers in Iowa have asked: Is it working? Dr. Marizen Ramirez and other researchers from the UI IPRC recently published a study evaluating the effectiveness of Iowa’s anti-bullying law in preventing bullying. The study looked…
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Iowa leads first drowsy driving summit
Many people think of drowsy driving as falling asleep at the wheel. But it is more than that: Sleepiness causes impaired driving, much like drunk and distracted driving, with effects on reaction time, judgment and decision-making. Although drowsy driving has existed a long time, it is now getting more attention nationally and here in Iowa.…
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Towards trauma-informed care
When a child is repeatedly acting out in class, unable to pay attention or skipping school, teachers and parents might ask “What is the matter with him?” But there is a different question researchers of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) say educators and parents should ask instead: “What happened to him?” ACEs are traumatic events that…
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Testing bike safety using real world scenarios
To test common risky bicycling situations with cars, we conducted a driving simulation study using the world renowned National Advanced Driving Simulator. We identified such situations from previous research and also by analyzing our PedalPortal naturalistic bicycling dataset, which contains real-world bicycling video and GPS data from children and adults. The situations included (see graphics):…
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New HEAR web toolkit to reduce bullying
Recently, KCRG Channel 9 and KGAN Channel 2 News covered UI IPRC’s HEAR web toolkit: Helping Educators Use Art to Reduce Bullying. Video Links: http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Researchers-Create-Web-Toolkit-to-Combat-Bullying-368567161.html http://cbs2iowa.com/news/voices-of-diversity/researchers-start-web-toolkit-aimed-at-bullying-prevention The UI IPRC and The Working Group Theater (WGT) collaborated to create the HEAR web toolkit of arts-based activities to help prevent bullying (www.hear-project.org). The web toolkit was developed…
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Welcome to our new blog!
Welcome to our new website, and our first blog post for our new Center blog! We have been working hard in the last months to fine tune our website to show the exciting research and outreach we have been doing, and to highlight our comprehensive curriculum for students who will become the future in injury…