title: National Head and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Program of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
abstract: Organized neurosurgery has developed and promoted a national educational program for adolescents to reduce the number of head and spinal cord injuries sustained by this group of young people. The program has been adopted widely, with over 1,000,000 teenagers exposed to it since its inception in 1986. Preliminary data suggest that the program has had a favorable impact on the knowledge and attitudes of young people regarding head and spinal cord injuries, risk-taking behavior, and incidence of injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Missouri-Columbia Health Sciences Center.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Eyster
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D013502:General Surgery; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States