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Evidence Bank

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.

If you would like a piece of evidence added to the Bank, please click here.

Search the Evidence Bank

Year Injury topic/s Primary target audience Reference
2023 Intentional self-harm Whole Community

van Schalkwyk, M. C. I. et al. Conceptualising the commercial determinants of suicide: broadening the lens on suicide and self-harm prevention. The Lancet Psychiatry S2215036623000433 (2023) doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00043-3. Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(23)00043-3/fulltext

2023 Whole Community

The Lancet. Unravelling the commercial determinants of health. The Lancet 401, 1131 (2023). Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00590-1/fulltext 

2023 Alcohol-related harm Whole Community

Taylor, N. et al. Estimating the impact of the minimum alcohol price on consumers’ alcohol expenditure in the Northern Territory, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 47, 100053 (2023). Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023046307 

2023 Transport Regional / Remote Communities, Whole Community

Tan, T. et al. Practical Approaches for Managing Regional Road Safety Priorities. Available from: https://austroads.com.au/publications/road-safety/ap-r691-23/media/AP-R691-23_Managing_Regional_Road_Safety_Priorities.pdf (2023).

2023 Falls Older Adults (65 years and over), Whole Community

Sweeney, R., Menezes, S. & Meade, R. 2023 Western Australian Falls Report. (2023). Available from: https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/StayOnYourFeet_WAFallsReport2023.pdf

2023 Transport Whole Community

Ferguson, C. & Winn, S. Readability of Australian Road Safety Information for the General Public. JRS 34, (2023). Available from: https://journalofroadsafety.org/article/81970-readability-of-australian-road-safety-information-for-the-general-public

2023 Falls Adults (26 - 64 years), Health Professionals

Hodgson, G. et al. Risky Business: Factors That Increase Risk of Falls Among Older Adult In-Patients. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 9, 23337214231189930 (2023). Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23337214231189930

2023 Whole Community

Australian Bureau of Statistics. The National Health Survey 2020-21. Physical activity levels. (2022). Available from: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/health-conditions-and-risks/physical-activity/latest-release

2023 Transport Whole Community

Morrison, B. W., Sasaki, M. & Morrison, N. M. V. The relative efficacy of positively and negatively valenced road safety campaign messages in improving dangerous driving attitudes. JRS 31, 13–25 (2020). Available from: https://journalofroadsafety.org/article/32217-the-relative-efficacy-of-positively-and-negatively-valenced-road-safety-campaign-messages-in-improving-dangerous-driving-attitudes 

2023 Falls Older Adults (65 years and over)

Lalor, A. et al. Interventions to reduce falls in community-dwelling adults with intellectual disability: a systematic review. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (2023) doi:10.1111/jir.13066. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jir.13066

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