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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Violence | Early Years (0 – 8 years), Young People (15 – 25 years) | Commonwealth of Australia. National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032. (2022). Available from: https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/10_2022/national_plan_accessible_version_for_website.pdf |
| 2022 | Falls | Aboriginal Communities | Gidgup, M. J. R. et al. Translating and Evaluating a Physical Activity Program for Aboriginal Elders on Noongar Boodjar (Country) — A Longitudinal Study. Frontiers in Public Health 10, (2022). Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35937226/ |
| 2022 | Drowning | Whole Community | Sindall, R. et al. Drowning risk and climate change: a state-of-the-art review. Inj Prev 28, 185–191 (2022). Available from: https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/injuryprev/28/2/185.full.pdf |
| 2022 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over), Whole Community | Montero-Odasso, M. et al. World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative. Age and Ageing 51, afac205 (2022). Available from; https://worldfallsguidelines.com/ |
| 2022 | Drowning | Whole Community | Royal Life Saving Society – Australia. Royal Life Saving National Drowning Report. https://www.royallifesaving.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/67687/RLS_NationalDrowningReport2022_SPG_LR.pdf (2022). |
| 2022 | Transport | Whole Community | Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE). Road trauma involving heavy vehicles 2020 statistical summary. https://www.bitre.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/hv_annual_2020.pdf (2022). |
| 2022 | Transport | Whole Community | Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE). Road trauma Australia 2021 statistical summary. https://www.bitre.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/road_trauma_2021.pdf (2022). |
| 2022 | Falls | Whole Community | Ghosh, M., O’Connell, B., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Kitchen, S. & Coventry, L. A retrospective cohort study of factors associated with severity of falls in hospital patients. Sci Rep 12, 12266 (2022). Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35851400/ |
| 2022 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over) | Williamson, M. et al. Improving care for older patients visiting emergency departments. Are they receiving falls prevention guideline care? Australasian Emergency Care S2588994X22000549 (2022) doi:10.1016/j.auec.2022.08.003. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35995675/ |
| 2022 | Falls | Whole Community | Watkins, P. M. et al. The prehospital management of ambulance-attended adults who fell: A scoping review. Australasian Emergency Care (2022) doi:10.1016/j.auec.2022.07.006. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35909044/ |