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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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 2023 | Violence | Whole Community | Awaworyi Churchill, S. & Smyth, R. Locus of control and the mental health effects of local area crime. Social Science & Medicine 301, 114910 (2022). Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953622002167 |
| 2023 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Whole Community | Chronic Disease Prevention Directorate. Mapping preventive health policies, strategies and initiatives across the WA Public Sector. (2023). Available from: https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Reports-and-publications/Mapping-preventative-health-policies/Mapping-Preventive-Health-Policies.pdf |
| 2023 | Aboriginal Communities, Regional / Remote Communities, Whole Community | Lansbury Hall, N. & Crosby, L. Climate Change Impacts on Health in Remote Indigenous Communities in Australia. Int J Environ Health Res 32, 487–502 (2022). Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32543219/ |