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 | Whole Community | Pointer, S. & Harrison, J. AIHW. Boating and watercraft-related injury 2017-18. (2021). Available from: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2921069416 |
| 2021 | Poisoning | Whole Community | Pointer, S. AIHW. Venomous bites and stings, 2017-18. (2021). Available from: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2921068770 |
| 2021 | Falls | Health Professionals | Ang, S. G. M., O’Brien, A. P. & Wilson, A. Understanding carers’ fall concern and their management of fall risk among older people at home. BMC Geriatr 19, 144 (2019). Available from: https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-019-1162-7 |
| 2021 | Drowning | Whole Community | Koon, W., Peden, A., Lawes, J. C. & Brander, R. W. Coastal drowning: A scoping review of burden, risk factors, and prevention strategies. PLOS ONE 16, e0246034 (2021). Available from: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246034 |
| 2021 | Intentional self-harm | Middle Years (9 – 14 years), Young People (15 – 25 years) | Fortune, S. et al. Prevention of self-harm and suicide in young people up to the age of 25 in education settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2021). Available from: https://www.cochrane.org/CD013844/DEPRESSN_prevention-self-harm-and-suicide-young-people-age-25-education-settings |
| 2021 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over), Whole Community | Harper, K. J., Arendts, G., Barton, A. D. & Celenza, A. Providing fall prevention services in the emergency department: Is it effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Australasian Journal on Ageing. (2021). Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajag.12914 |
| 2021 | Burns and Scalds | Whole Community | Randall, S. M., Wood, F. M., Rea, S., Boyd, J. H. & Duke, J. M. An Australian study of long-term hospital admissions and costs comparing patients with unintentional burns and uninjured people. Burns 46, 199–206 (2020). Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31859084/ |
| 2021 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over), Whole Community | World Health Organization. Step safely: strategies for preventing and managing falls across the life-course (2021). Available from: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/340962/9789240021914-eng.pdf |
| 2021 | Alcohol-related harm | Whole Community | Senate Community Affairs References Committee. Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (2021). Available from: https://aodknowledgecentre.ecu.edu.au/healthinfonet/getContent.php?linkid=660486&title=Effective+approaches+to+prevention%2C+diagnosis+and+support+for+Fetal+Alcohol+Spectrum+Disorder&contentid=42741_1 |
| 2021 | Falls | Whole Community | Fortington, L. V., McIntosh, A. S. & Finch, C. F. Injury deaths in Australian sport and recreation: Identifying and assessing priorities for prevention. PLOS ONE 16, e0250199 (2021). Available from: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.025019 |