Decreasing injury-related trauma in Amish children age 0-16 years in Amish children age 0-16

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Decreasing injury-related trauma
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in Northeast Ohio
Sapna Satyanarayan, MPH
Edward Barksdale, MD
Rainbow Babies & Children’s
Hospital
September 16, 2011
The Amish
• Christian religious group unique to
the U.S.
• Primarily live in rural Ohio, Indiana,
and Pennsylvania
• 17th century lifestyle
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The Farm
Where children
live, play, and
work
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Risk Factors for Injury-Related
Trauma
Horse and buggy is
primary mode of
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Implications
• Access
• Rapid population growth
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– 52% of population is younger than 20
years of age
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Hypotheses
1. Amish children are prone to accidental
trauma because of their 17th century
cultural practices
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intervention will reduce the incidence of
accidental trauma in Amish children
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Specific Aims
1) Identify patterns of injury-related trauma
among Amish children age 0-16 years in
Northeast Ohio
1) Design and implement an intervention to
reduce the pattern of injury-related trauma
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Specific Aims
3) Test the intervention among Amish youth in
Northeast Ohio and evaluate the results
3) Create a general model for communicating
health information to high-risk, culturally
isolated populations
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Our Research Team
• Divisions of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric
Trauma, Rainbow Babies & Children’s
Hospital
• Strong interest in better serving the Amish
community and preventing child injuries
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Collaborators
• Drs. Jill Korbin & Lawrence
Greksa, Dept. of Anthropology
• LouAnn Marx, RN, UH Physician
Relations
• Kathy Wesolowski, RBC Injury
Prevention
• Dr. Sanjay Ahuja, RBC
Hemophilia Treatment Center
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