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Executive Summary

Understanding Injury in Behavioral and Mental Health Settings
February 2019 ∘ Executive Summary
Understanding Injury in Behavioral and Mental Health Settings

 

Based on a 2016 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) found that 18% of adults in the U.S. had a mental illness in the previous year

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Safety Risk Assessment: The Center for Health Design Toolkit - Risk Components
July 2018 ∘ Executive Summary

This summary compiles the executive summaries of six Safety Risk Assessment Issue Briefs to provide a high-level overview of the latent conditions of the built environment and their related design categories found in the CHD SRA toolkit.
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Preventing Injuries and Increasing Safety Among Older Adults
March 2015 ∘ Executive Summary

Learn about: the frequency and cost of falls among older adults, reasons older people fall and what can be done to prevent falls, and other safety concerns among older adults.
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Clean Hands Save Lives: A Systems Approach to Improving Hand Hygiene
April 2015 ∘ Executive Summary

Learn about: the importance of hand hygiene in improving safety, quality, and economic impact, a systems approach to hand hygiene that integrates environmental, operational, and personal factors for infection prevention, and new, effective, and easy-to-implement hand hygiene measures.