Preventing Injuries in Europe: From International Collaboration to Local Implementation

This is the final report of a three-year project between WHO and the European Commission on the progress made in preventing injury and promoting safety. It resulted in the development of a database of 47 country profiles compiled through a questionnaire survey and an inventory of national policies on preventing injuries and violence.

The report assesses the implementation of 99 evidence-based programs, which include not only five causes of unintentional injury and six types of violence, but ...