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 |
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| 2024 | Falls | Health Professionals | Watkins, P. et al. “Mind the gap”: An exploratory qualitative study of paramedics’ experiences attending older adults who fall in Western Australia. Australasian Emergency Care (2024) doi:10.1016/j.auec.2024.01.004. Available from: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588994X24000034 |
| 2024 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over) | Sturnieks, D. L. et al. Exergame and cognitive training for preventing falls in community-dwelling older people: a randomized controlled trial. Nature medicine ePub, ePub (2024). Available from: www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_781732_30. |
| 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 | Whole Community | Zhang, Y. et al. Neighborhood infrastructure-related risk factors and non-communicable diseases: a systematic meta-review. Environmental Health 22, 2 (2023). Available from: https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-022-00955-8 |
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| 2023 | Alcohol-related harm | Whole Community | World Health Organization. Reporting about alcohol: a guide for journalists. (2023). Available from: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240071490 |
| 2023 | 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 26, 84–89 (2023). Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2588994X22000549 |
| 2023 | Older Adults (65 years and over), Whole Community | Weselman, T. et al. Older adults’ experiences of a community wellness program (Connect 60+) that focused on physical activity and social connections: a qualitative exploratory study. Aust J Prim Health 29, 64–73 (2022). Available from: https://www.publish.csiro.au/PY/PY22153 |
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| 2023 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over), Whole Community | Watkins, P. M. et al. Epidemiology of ambulance-attended adults who fell in Western Australia 2015 – 2021: An increasing incidence in an ageing population. Injury 111035 (2023) doi:10.1016/j.injury.2023.111035. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020138323007398 |
| 2023 | Transport | Whole Community | WA Road Safety Commission. Western Australian Road Fatalities and Serious Injuries 2022. (2023). Available from: https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2023-07/western-australian-road-fatalities-and-serious-injuries-2022.pdf |
| 2023 | Poisoning | Whole Community | WA Poisons Information Centre. Western Australian Poisons Information Centre Annual Report 2022.(2023).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 |