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Self-Assessment Questionnaire

Proficiency levels for injury and violence prevention were developed by the National Training Initiative for Injury and Violence Prevention's Core Competencies Sub-committee and refer to the ability to synthesize, critique, and teach the skills of each competency. The following questions are designed to provide an assessment of aptitude in core areas of injury and violence prevention practice at the entry level of proficiency.

Core Competency #1 with Learning Objectives

Ability to describe and explain injury and/or violence as a major social and health problem.

Objectives assessed:

A. Define injury and/or violence and describe the concepts of intentionality and mechanism as they relate to injury and/or violence.

  1. Intentional injuries are usually classified into several categories. Please select the one that DOES NOT belong to this classification:
      Interpersonal violence
    Collective violence (war injuries)
    Self-inflicted injuries
    Animal inflicted injuries

  2. Among the following, the BEST definition of Injuries is:
      An injury is a chronic condition that leads to physical impairment
    An injury is an acute psychological event that leads to post-traumatic stress disorder
    An injury is an acute exposure to physical agents involving energy transfer exceeding human tolerance
    An injury affects external tissues in the body and requires hospitalization and rehabilitation

B. Explain how injuries and/or violence are preventable.

  1. Select a common public health way of classifying the prevention of injuries and violence.
      Mortality vs. morbidity
    Primary, secondary, and tertiary
    Pre-hospital care, hospitalization and rehabilitation
    Legal, public health, psychological

C. Explain the continuum of injury and/or violence prevention, from primary prevention to acute care and rehabilitation.

  1. Please select the statement that BEST describes the activity with each level of prevention:

    A. An example of primary prevention is:
      Putting fences around swimming pools to avoid child drowning
    Prompt ambulance care after a fall
    Screening for suicide risk in a school
    Providing shelters for abused women

    B. An example of secondary prevention is:
      Passing a law aimed at helmet use among motorcycle riders
    Providing physical therapy care for a victim of gun violence
    Screening for domestic violence in a hospital emergency department
    Rehabilitating children who have been abused

    C. An example of tertiary prevention is:
      Creating poison control centers
    Providing rehabilitation care for an older woman who suffered a broken pelvis due to a fall
    Using trigger locks for guns
    Installing carbon monoxide detectors in homes