Affiliations: Link\"{o}ping University, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Department of Health and Environment, Division of Preventive and Social
Medicine, S-58185 Link\"{o}ping, Sweden | Karolinska Institute, Department of Public Health
Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Norrbacka, SE-17176 Stockholm,
Sweden | National Institute of Public Health, S-10352
Stockholm, Sweden
Note: [] Division of Preventive and Social Medicine, Department of Health
and Environment, Faculty of Health Sciences, Link\"{o}ping University, S-581 85
Link\"{o}ping, Sweden. Tel.: +46 141 225981; Fax: +46 141 55869; E-mail:
[email protected]
Abstract: {\it Objective:} To evaluate the effect of a community-based injury
prevention program on work-related injuries. {\it Study design:} A
population-based quasi-experimental design was used with pre- and
post-implementation measurements in an intervention and a control area. The
program was based on cross-sectoral participation in detecting and taking
action against work-related injuries. Change in the relative risk of injury was
estimated by the odds ratio. {\it Results:} The relative risk of work-related
injury decreased following program exposure, whereas a tendence toward increase
was observed in the control area. Middle-aged men accounted for the largest
decrease in injury risk. Among the women, a decrease was observed only in the
upper middle-aged group. No female-dominated occupational area showed a
decrease in injury risk following exposure to the program. {\it Conclusion:}
The study showed that the community-based approach had a general effect on the
incidence of work-related injuries.
Keywords: evaluation, work-related injuries, community intervention, community safety promotion, gender differences
