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 | Violence | Whole Community | Brunton, R. & Dryer, R. Sexual violence and Australian women: A longitudinal analysis of psychosocial and behavioral outcomes. Social Science & Medicine 114334 (2021) doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114334. Access from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/ |
| 2021 | Violence | Whole Community | Negin, J., Bell, J., Ivancic, L., Alpers, P. & Nassar, N. Gun violence in Australia, 2002–2016: a cohort study. Medical Journal of Australia n/a, (2021). Access from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.5694/mja2.51251 |
| 2021 | Intentional self-harm | Older Adults (65 years and over) | Chung, S., Kim, M., Auh, E. Y. Y. & Park, N. S. S. WHO’s Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide: Its Implications of a Discussion on Social Exclusion among Older Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, 8027 (2021). Access from: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/15/8027 |
| 2021 | Violence | Middle Years (9 – 14 years), Young People (15 – 25 years) | Loney-Howes, R., Macphail, C., Hanley, N. & Fabrianesi, B. Youth attitudes to domestic and family violence: a scoping review of young people’s attitudes and perceptions in Australia. Trauma violence and abuse ePub, ePub (2021). Access from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15248380211036054 |
| 2021 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Aboriginal Communities, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, Early Years (0 – 8 years), Health Professionals, Middle Years (9 – 14 years), Older Adults (65 years and over), Regional / Remote Communities, Whole Community, Young People (15 – 25 years) | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study 2018: Key findings. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/burden-of-disease/burden-of-disease-study-2018-key-findings (2021). |
| 2021 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Whole Community | Australian Insitute of Health and Welfare. Disease expenditure in Australia 2018-19. https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/9ce5ae2a-f574-4089-8d52-158abb4bdb09/Disease-expenditure-in-Australia-2018-19.pdf.aspx?inline=true (2021). |
| 2021 | Violence | Whole Community | Parkinson, D. Investigating the Increase in Domestic Violence Post Disaster: An Australian Case Study. J Interpers Violence 34, 2333–2362 (2019). Access from: https://journals.sagepub.com |
| 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 | 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 |