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Patient Counseling for Unintentional Injury Prevention

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mballesteros{at}cdc.gov.

	Abstract

Injury prevention counseling (IPC) by health care providers is one strategy to reduce injury risk by encouraging people to modify their environment or their personal behaviors to protect themselves or their loved ones. National surveys indicate that few patients are receiving IPC. The evidence of IPC being effective at increasing safety practices is inconsistent. This may be explained partially because counseling recommendations for some injury issues may involve more effort, cost, or inconvenience by the patient. IPC that is based on behavior change theories is more likely to be effective. Physicians and other health care providers can play a critical role in efforts to prevent injuries, but barriers for delivering IPC need to be overcome.

First published on September 30, 2009
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 2009, doi:10.1177/1559827609348472


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