CHARLESTON W.Va.
A West Virginia University center known for its work on all-terrain vehicle fatalities will be tackling the subjects of injuries to the elderly and domestic violence prevention.
WVU’s Injury Control Research Center has secured a $4.4 million grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has been named one of 13 national Centers of Excellence by the CDC.
The grant runs through 2012, and Director Jim Helmkamp said the center already has plans to begin two major studies with the grant.
The first study, to be run out of Morgantown, will focus on injuries to the elderly common types of injury, the cost of treating those injuries and possible methods of prevention.
West Virginia has one of the oldest populations in the country, making it an ideal location for a study of this kind, Helmkamp said.
Along with the University of Colorado and McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, the center will also spend about five years conducting a study of domestic violence, and whether it can be reduced by regular home nursing visits.
