Sharing our learning and experience is an important element of our commitment to knowledge translation. Below are some of topics which have been shared at recent conferences:
Conference Abstracts
Australasian Road Safety Conference
Using a Public Health Approach to reduce the long term effects of road trauma
Development of a truck driver public health project
The 14th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference
A review of the injury prevention workforce in Western Australia
Engaging with local governments for injury prevention
Western Australian Falls Report: The incidence of fall-related injuries in 2017
Community Falls Prevention presentations
3rd GrassRoots Falls Festival
Development of the 2019 Western Australian Falls Report
Developing a Stay On Your Feet® audio-visual resource for falls prevention
Establishing a Community Falls Network in Western Australia
Stay On Your Feet® adaptation for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse older adults
Stay On Your Feet® falls prevention program: case study reviews
The impact of peer education on older adults falls prevention behaviours
Using audiovisual technology to demonstrate the impact of Stay On Your Feet®
Utilising behaviour change theory to promote physical activity for healthy ageing
Working with Local Governments and their Public Health Plans to prevent falls
8th Biennial Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference
The impact of training non-allied health professionals about falls prevention exercises
The value of developing a falls prevention exercise video for older adults
Translating evidence to promote the falls prevention benefits of recreational activities
13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
Injury Matters is also involved in the production of research including:
- Jancey, J. et al. The injury workforce in Western Australia: Findings from a cross‐sectional survey. 7 (2019) doi:10.1002/hpja.269.
- Khong, L. A. M., Berlach, R. G., Hill, K. D. & Hill, A.-M. Design and development of a theory-informed peer-led falls prevention education programme to translate evidence into practice: a systematic approach. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education 1–16 (2018) doi:10.1080/14635240.2018.1479650.
- Khong, L. A. M., Berlach, R. G., Hill, K. D. & Hill, A.-M. Community Peer-Led Falls Prevention Presentations: What Do the Experts Suggest? The journal of primary prevention (2018) doi:10.1007/s10935-017-0500-9.
- Khong, L. A. M., Berlach, R. G., Hill, K. D. & Hill, A.-M. Can peer education improve beliefs, knowledge, motivation and intention to engage in falls prevention amongst community-dwelling older adults? European Journal of Ageing 1–13 (2017) doi:10.1007/s10433-016-0408-x.
- Khong, L., Bulsara, C., Hill, K. D. & Hill, A.-M. How older adults would like falls prevention information delivered: fresh insights from a World Café forum. Ageing and Society 1–18 (2016) doi:10.1017/S0144686X16000192.
- Khong, L., Farringdon, F., Hill, K. D. & Hill, A.-M. “We are all one together”: peer educators’ views about falls prevention education for community-dwelling older adults – a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics 15, 28 (2015) doi:10.1186/s12877-015-0030-3.