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 | 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/ |
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| 2023 | Whole Community | Coates, L. et al. Heatwave fatalities in Australia, 2001–2018: An analysis of coronial records. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 67, 102671 (2022). Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420921006324 |
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| 2023 | Falls | Whole Community | East Metropolitan Health Service. Admissions to Royal Perth Hospital with horse-related injuries. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RoyalPerthHospital_Horse-relatedInjuryReport.pdf (2023). |
| 2023 | Transport | Whole Community | East Metropolitan Health Service. Admissions to Royal Perth Hospital from pedal cycle injuries. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RoyalPerthHospital_PedalCycleInjuryReport.pdf (2023). |
| 2023 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Whole Community | East Metropolitan Health Service. Admissions to hospital from farm injury. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RoyalPerthHospital_FarmInjuryReport.pdf (2023). |
| 2023 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Whole Community | East Metropolitan Health Service. International Visitors admitted to RPH following road trauma 2013 to 2022. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RoyalPerthHospital_InternationalVisitorsRoadTraumaReport.pdf (2023). |
| 2023 | Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence | Whole Community | East Metropolitan Health Service. International visitors trauma admissions to Royal Perth Hospital since 2013. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RoyalPerthHospital_InternationalVisitorsGeneralTraumaReport.pdf (2023). |
| 2023 | Falls | Older Adults (65 years and over) | Maresova, P. et al. Challenges and opportunity in mobility among older adults – key determinant identification. BMC geriatrics 23, e447 (2023). Available from: https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_762328_30 |