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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.

If you would like a piece of evidence added to the Bank, please click here.

Search the Evidence Bank

YearInjury topic/sPrimary target audienceReference
2021FallsHealth Professionals
Tiedemann, A. et al. Impact of a fall prevention education program for health and exercise professionals: a randomised controlled trial. Public Health Res Pract. 31, (2021). Access from:https://www.phrp.com.au/issues/september-2021-volume-31-issue-3/impact-of-a-fall-prevention-education-program/
2021Burns and ScaldsWhole Community
Fortington, L., Gamage, P., Cartwright, A. & Bugeja, L. Exertional heat fatalities in Australian sport and recreation. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 24, 787–792 (2021). Access from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1440244021001031
2021Burns and ScaldsWhole Community
Singer, Y. et al. “The home, the bathroom, the taps, and hot water”: The contextual characteristics of tap water scalds in Australia and New Zealand. Burns (2021) doi:10.1016/j.burns.2021.08.022. Access from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305417921002436
2021Burns and ScaldsWhole Community
AIHW. Injury in Australia: Burns and other thermal causes. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/burns-and-other-thermal-causes (2021).
2021Intentional self-harmAboriginal Communities
Wright, M., Lin, A., O’Connell, M., Bullen, J. & Flavell, H. Understanding and working with different worldviews to co-design cultural security in clinical mental health settings to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. Prim Health Care Res Dev 22, e59 (2021). Access from: https://www.cambridge.org.au
2021Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Poisoning, TransportEarly Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years)
Peck, B. & Terry, D. The Kids Are Alright: Outcome of a Safety Programme for Addressing Childhood Injury in Australia. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 11, 546–556 (2021). Access from: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/2/39/htm 
2021Intentional self-harmWhole Community
Bhoyroo, R. et al. Life in a time of COVID: a mixed method study of the changes in lifestyle, mental and psychosocial health during and after lockdown in Western Australians. BMC Public Health 21, 1947 (2021). Access from: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-11971-7
2021FallsOlder Adults (65 years and over)
Iuliano, S. et al. Effect of dietary sources of calcium and protein on hip fractures and falls in older adults in residential care: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 375, n2364 (2021). Access from: https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2364
2021Alcohol-related harmYoung People (15 – 25 years)
Slade, T. et al. The long-term effectiveness of universal, selective and combined prevention for alcohol use during adolescence: 36-month outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial. Addiction 116, 514–524 (2021). Access from:
2021Intentional self-harmWhole Community
Duncan, A. et al. Stronger Together: Loneliness and social connectedness in Australia. https://bcec.edu.au/publications/stronger-together-loneliness-and-social-connectedness-in-australia/ (2021).

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