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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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YearInjury topic/sPrimary target audienceReference
2021FallsOlder Adults (65 years and over)
Delbaere, K. et al. E-health StandingTall balance exercise for fall prevention in older people: results of a two year randomised controlled trial. BMJ n740 (2021) doi:10.1136/bmj.n740. Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n740
2021Intentional self-harmAboriginal Communities
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council. National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing 2017-2023. (Dept. of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2017). Available from: https://pmc.gov.au/resource-centre/indigenous-affairs/national-strategic-framework-mental-health-social-emotional-wellbeing-2017-23
2021Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, ViolenceAboriginal Communities
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2020. (2021) Available from: https://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/learn/health-facts/ overview-aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-health-status
2021FallsHealth 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
2021Burns and ScaldsWhole 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/
2021FallsOlder 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
2021Alcohol-related harmWhole 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
2021Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, ViolenceWhole Community

Hendrie D, Miller T, Randall S, Brameld K, Moorin R. Incidence and costs of injury in WA 2012. Perth: Chronic Disease Prevention Directorate Department of Health WA;
2016. Available from: https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Reports-and-publications/Incidence-and-costs-of-injury-in-wa

2021Intentional self-harmWhole Community

AIHW. Suicide and hospitalised self-harm in Australia: trends and analysis. (2014). Available from: http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129549729

2021ViolenceEarly Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years)

Orr, C., Fisher, C. M., Preen, D. B., Glauert, R. A. & O’Donnell, M. Exposure to family and domestic violence is associated with increased childhood hospitalisations. PLoS One San Franc. 15, e0237251 (2020). Available from: http://search.proquest.com/docview/2431200088/abstract/EADD16EE0E85436CPQ/1

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