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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Violence | Early 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 |
| 2022 | Falls | Older 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/ |
| 2022 | Early Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years) | Kidsafe WA: Tsvetkov, A. & Skarin, D. Severe Injuries to Children. https://www.kidsafewa.com.au/professionals/wa-childhood-injury-bulletins-reports/ (2022). | |
| 2022 | Early Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years) | Kidsafe WA: Posa, I., McKenna, J. & Skarin, D. Blunt Force Injuries. https://www.kidsafewa.com.au/professionals/wa-childhood-injury-bulletins-reports/ (2022). | |
| 2022 | Falls | Whole Community | Injury Matters: Sweeney, R. & Menezes, S. 2022 Western Australian Falls Report. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022WAFallsReport.pdf (2022). |
| 2022 | Violence | Whole Community | AIHW. Family, domestic and sexual violence data in Australia. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/domestic-violence/family-domestic-sexual-violence-data/contents/about (2022). |
| 2022 | Alcohol-related harm | Whole Community | Cancer Council Western Australia, WA Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies., Alcohol and Drug Foundation & Telethon Kids Institute. WA’s hidden crisis: Harm from alcohol. https://www.cancerwa.asn.au/resources/2022-05-06-WA-Hidden-Crisis-Harm-from-alcohol.pdf (2022). |
| 2022 | Alcohol-related harm | Whole Community | Foundation for Alcohol Research & Education. Alcohol use and harms during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://fare.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Alcohol-use-and-harms-during-the-COVID-19-pandemic.pdf (2022). |
| 2022 | Violence | Regional / Remote Communities, Whole Community | Ringin, L., Moran, M. & Thompson, S. C. Analysis of reporting of family violence reporting in print media in regional Western Australia. Aus NZ J of Public Health 1753-6405.13205 (2022) doi:10.1111/1753-6405.13205. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1753-6405.13205 |
| 2022 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Aboriginal Communities | Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status, 2021. https://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/healthinfonet/getContent.php?linkid=677185&title=Overview+of+Aboriginal+and+Torres+Strait+Islander+health+status+2021&contentid=44570_1 (2022). |