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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Transport | Early Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years) | Anderson, L., McKenna, J. & Skarin, D. Kidsafe WA Childhood Injury Bulletin: Small-wheeled Device. https://www.kidsafewa.com.au/download/small-wheeled-devices/?wpdmdl=3740&refresh=60fe16448cf291627264580 (2021). |
| 2021 | Intentional self-harm | Early Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years), Young People (15 – 25 years) | McKenna, J., Pawlowski, A. & Skarin, D. Kidsafe WA Childhood Injury Bulletin: Intentional Injury. https://www.kidsafewa.com.au/download/intentional-injuries/?wpdmdl=3743&refresh=60fe16448afcd1627264580 (2021). |
| 2021 | Alcohol-related harm | Whole Community | AIHW. Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs in Australia, About. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/alcohol/alcohol-tobacco-other-drugs-australia/contents/about (2021). |
| 2021 | Drowning | Older Adults (65 years and over) | Abercromby, M., Crawford, G., Nimmo, L. & Leavy, J. E. “I never had a thought about drowning”. Exploring water safety attitudes and practices among older adults in Western Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia n/a, (2021). Access from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hpja.522 |
| 2021 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over) | Cattaneo, D. et al. Educational and Exercise Intervention to Prevent Falls and Improve Participation in Subjects With Neurological Conditions: The NEUROFALL Randomized Controlled Trial. Front. Neurol. 10, 865 (2019). Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31572282/ |
| 2021 | Drowning | Health Professionals, Older Adults (65 years and over) | Clemens, T., Peden, A. E. & Franklin, R. C. Exploring a Hidden Epidemic: Drowning Among Adults Aged 65 Years and Older. J Aging Health (2021). Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08982643211014770 |
| 2021 | Drowning | Whole Community | Peden, A. E., Scarr, J.-P. & Mahony, A. J. Analysis of fatal unintentional drowning in Australia 2008–2020: implications for the Australian Water Safety Strategy. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (2021). Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1753-6405.13124 |
| 2021 | Drowning | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse | Willcox-Pidgeon, S., Franklin, R. C., Leggat, P. A. & Devine, S. Epidemiology of unintentional fatal drowning among migrants in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (2021). Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1753-6405.13102 |
| 2021 | Transport | Whole Community | Pritchard, E., Van Vreden, C. & Iles, R. Driving Health Study Report No 7: Uneven wear: Health and wellbeing of truck drivers. /articles/report/Driving_Health_Study_Report_No_7_Uneven_wear_Health_and_wellbeing_of_truck_drivers_/13316000/1 (2021). |
| 2021 | Violence | Whole Community | A systemic approach to achieving population‐level impact in injury and violence prevention. doi:10.1002/sres.2668. (2019). Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/sres.2668 |