David Sleet

David A. Sleet
Nationality United States
Fields behavioral sciences
(injury prevention)
Institutions
Alma mater University of Toledo
Thesis Interdisciplinary Research Index on Play: A Guide to the Literature [1]
Known for automobile safety
Notable awards Fellow, AAHB, SOPHE Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award, APHA Derryberry Award, DHHS Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service

David A. Sleet is an American scientist recognized for championing the application of behavioral science to unintentional injury prevention and helping to establish injury prevention as a global public health concern. He has published hundreds of articles and book chapters and was co-editor of the Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention.;[2] Injury and Violence Prevention: Behavioral Science Theories;[3] Derryberry’s Educating for Health;[4] and the international prize-winning World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention.[5]

Career

In 2016, Dr. Sleet retired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia where he served as the Associate Director for Science in the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. He concurrently served as an adjunct professor at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. Before joining CDC, Dr. Sleet taught and conducted research at San Diego State University, directed the Road Accident Research Unit at the University of Western Australia, and worked as a visiting scientist at the United States Department of Transportation and the VTT (the Road Safety Agency) of Finland.

Dr. Sleet served on a systematic review team that led to a Community Preventive Services Task Force[6] recommendation to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit to 0.08 percent for drivers in the United States. This recommendation helped inform the U.S. Congress which mandated states adopt the stricter BAC limit of 0.08 percent by October 2003 or risk losing a portion of their highway funding.[7][8] By 2004 all 50 states had passed 0.08 percent laws for drivers, making it the new national standard.[8]

Awards

Dr. Sleet has received numerous public health awards including the following:

Public service

He has served on the following editorial boards:

References

  1. ↑ "Interdisciplinary Research Index on Play: A Guide to the Literature". Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Lynda Doll (Editor), E. N. Haas (Editor), Sandra Bonzo (Editor), David Sleet (Editor), James Mercy (Editor) (2007). Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention. Springer. ISBN 978-0387857695.
  3. ↑ Andrea Carlson Gielen (Editor), David A. Sleet (Editor), Ralph J. DiClemente (Editor) (2006). Injury and Violence Prevention: Behavioral Science Theories, Methods, and Applications. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0-7879-7764-1.
  4. ↑ John P. Allegrante (Editor), David Sleet (Editor), J. Michael McGinnis (Foreword) (2004). Derryberry's Educating for Health: A Foundation for Contemporary Health Education Practice. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0787972448.
  5. ↑ "World Health Organization". World Health Organization. World Health Organization. 2004. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  6. ↑ "The Community Guide". Community Preventive Services Task Force. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Lowering Legal Blood Alcohol Limits Saves Lives". 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  8. 1 2 Mercer SL, Sleet DA, Elder RA, Cole KH, RA Shults, Nichols JL. (2010). "Translating evidence into policy: lessons learned from the case of lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers.". Annals of Epidemiology. 20 (6). doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.03.005.
  9. 1 2 "CDC Injury Prevention Champion David Sleet Receives 2015 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award". CDC Foundation. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  10. ↑ "News and notes". Injury Prevention. 6 (1): 5–8. 2000-03-01. doi:10.1136/ip.6.1.5. ISSN 1475-5785. PMC 1730574Freely accessible.
  11. ↑ Ruth A Shults, PhD, MPHcorrespondencePress enter key for correspondence informationemailPress enter key to Email the author, Randy W Elder, MEd, David A Sleet, PhD, MA, James L Nichols, PhD, Mary O Alao, MA, Vilma G Carande-Kulis, PhD, MS, Stephanie Zaza, MD, MPH, Daniel M Sosin, MD, MPH, Robert S Thompson, MD, Task Force on Community Preventive Services (November 2001). "Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving". American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 21 (4). doi:10.1016/S0749-3797(01)00381-6. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  12. ↑ David A. Sleet, T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, and Ann M. Dellinger (2007). "AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety" (PDF). AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  13. ↑ "Center Director Andrea Gielen Honors Dr. David Sleet with 2010 Distinguished Fellow Award on Behalf of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)". Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  14. ↑ "Final Program: Society for Public Health Education, 61st Annual Meeting" (PDF). SOPHE.org. Society for Public Health Education. 2010. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  15. 1 2 "Injury Center Connection" (PDF). CDC.gov. CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Winter 2011. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
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