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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over), Whole Community | Sweeney, R. & Meade, R. 2025 Western Australian Falls Report. Available from: https://dl.orangedox.com/m42jBRJMEo0XWHNhtf (2025). |
| 2024 | Falls | Whole Community | Sweeney, R. & Meade, R. 2024 Western Australian Falls Report. Available from: https://dl.orangedox.com/uWCRmg (2024). |
| 2024 | Falls | Whole Community | Lewis, S. R. et al. Population‐based interventions for preventing falls and fall‐related injuries in older people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2024) doi:10.1002/14651858.CD013789.pub2. Available from: www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD013789.pub2/full |
| 2023 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over), Whole Community | Sweeney, R., Menezes, S. & Meade, R. 2023 Western Australian Falls Report. (2023). Available from: https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/StayOnYourFeet_WAFallsReport2023.pdf |
| 2023 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over) | Lalor, A. et al. Interventions to reduce falls in community-dwelling adults with intellectual disability: a systematic review. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (2023) doi:10.1111/jir.13066. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jir.13066 |
| 2023 | Falls | Whole Community | East Metropolitan Health Service. Admissions to Royal Perth Hospital with horse-related injuries. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RoyalPerthHospital_Horse-relatedInjuryReport.pdf (2023). |
| 2023 | Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Early Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years) | Christmas, O., McKenna, J. & Skarin, D. Kidsafe WA Childhood Injury Bulletin: Injuries Occurring in Winter. (2023). Available from: https://www.kidsafewa.com.au/professionals/wa-childhood-injury-bulletins-reports/ |
| 2023 | Falls | Early Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years) | McKenna, J., Antero, L. & Sharin, D. Kidsafe WA Childhood Injury Bulletin: Furniture Tip-over Injuries. (2023). Available from: https://www.kidsafewa.com.au/professionals/wa-childhood-injury-bulletins-reports/ |
| 2023 | Poisoning | Whole Community | WA Poisons Information Centre. Western Austrlaian Poisons Information Centre Annual Report 2022. Available from: https://www.scgh.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/HSPs/NMHS/Hospitals/SCGH/Documents/Services/Poisons/WA-Poisons-Information-Centre-Annual-Report-2022.pdf |
| 2023 | Alcohol-related harm | Whole Community | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Alcohol-related injury: hospitalisations and deaths, 2019–20. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/alcohol-related-injuries-2019-20/contents/about (2023). |