en تخصصي Special سرمقاله Editorial <div style="text-align: justify;">In recent years, disaster management has been the focus of attention since disasters have been associated with huge destructions and consequences. Basically, disaster management techniques aim at the prevention and mitigation works as well as promotion of resilience.<br> Haddon&rsquo;s matrix was proposed as a conceptual model to understand the event and provide preventive measures in the field of injury prevention. This matrix is a combination of epidemiological triangle, including host, agent, and environmental factors at three levels of prevention, including pre-event, event, and post-event. In spite of frequent application of Haddon&rsquo;s strategies in prevention of various injuries; hitherto, application of Haddon matrix in disaster management has been rarely investigated. However, its potential capability for managing disasters calls for its further introduction which is the main focus of our study.</div> 3 4 http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-243-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Davoud khorasani-Zavareh داوود خراسانی زواره davoud.khorasani@gmail.com 0000-0001-6265-8148 No Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 1. دانشیار، مرکز تحقیقات پیشگیری از حوادث و ایمنی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران، و گروه بهداشت و درمان در حوادث و حوادث، دانشکده بهداشت، ایمنی و محیط زیست، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران 2. گروه علوم بالینی و آموزش، Södersjukhuset، موسسه کارولینسکا، استکهلم، سوئد Fatemeh Nouri فاطمه نوری f_nouri85@yahoo.com 0000-0001-7271-0202 Yes Department of Health in Emergencies and Disasters, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. دانشجوی دکترای تخصصی سلامت در حوادث و بلایا، دانشکده سلامت، ایمنی و محیط زیست، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani همایون صادقی بازرگانی homayoun.sadeghi@gmail.com No Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. دانشیار، مرکز تحقیقات آسیب های جاده ای، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تبریز، تبریز، ایران