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Evidence Bank

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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YearInjury topic/sPrimary target audienceReference
2022ViolenceEarly 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

2022FallsAboriginal 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/

2022DrowningWhole 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

2022FallsOlder 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/

2022DrowningWhole 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).

2022TransportWhole 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).

2022TransportWhole 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).

2022FallsWhole 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/

2022FallsOlder 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/ 

2022FallsWhole 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/

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