Providing a summary of injury prevention evidence together in one location, the Evidence Bank aims to increase the awareness of reliable, accurate and authoritative injury-related research pieces.
Utilising the menu below you are able to search the Evidence Bank by injury topics, keywords and primary target audience. Please note that the primary target audience refers to the segmented group which the evidence is aiming to have the greatest influence on.
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Year | Injury topic/s | Primary target audience | Reference |
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2022 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Health Professionals | Jancey, J. et al. The injury workforce in Western Australia: Findings from a cross‐sectional survey. 7 (2019) doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.269. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31216381/ |
2022 | Transport | Whole Community | Joint Select Committee on Road Safety. Driving Reform: final report for the Inquiry into Road Safety. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Former_Committees/Road_Safety_2021/RoadSafety2021Joint/Report (2022). |
2022 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over) | AIHW. Falls in older Australians 2019–20: hospitalisations and deaths among people aged 65 and over. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/falls-in-older-australians-2019-20-hospitalisation/contents/about (2022). |
2022 | Violence | Early Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years), Young People (15 – 25 years) | Saggar, S., Rey, R. & Lin, C. WA 2050: People, Place, Prosperity. https://www.uwa.edu.au/institutes/public-policy/-/media/Public-Policy/Documents/WA%202050%20-%20People%20Place%20Prosperity_WEB (2021).
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2022 | Violence | Regional / Remote Communities, Whole Community | Ringin, L., Moran, M. & Thompson, S. C. Analysis of reporting of family violence reporting in print media in regional Western Australia. Aus NZ J of Public Health 1753-6405.13205 (2022) doi:10.1111/1753-6405.13205. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1753-6405.13205 |
2022 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Aboriginal Communities | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2018. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/burden-of-disease/illness-death-indigenous-2018/summary (2022). |
2022 | Transport | Whole Community | WA Road Safety Commission. WA Road Fatalities 2021. https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2022-02/WA%20Road%20Fatalities%202021.pdf (2022). |
2022 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Aboriginal Communities | Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status, 2021. https://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/healthinfonet/getContent.php?linkid=677185&title=Overview+of+Aboriginal+and+Torres+Strait+Islander+health+status+2021&contentid=44570_1 (2022). |
2022 | Whole Community | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Sports injury hospitalisations in Australia, 2019–20. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/sports-injury-hospitalisations-2019-20/contents/about (2022). |
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2022 | Whole Community | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Economics of sports injury and participation – Preliminary results. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/economics-of-sports-injury-and-participation-preli/contents/summary (2022). |