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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

Marconcin, P. et al. The association between physical activity and mental health during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review. BMC Public Health 22, 209 (2022). Available from https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12590-6 

2023 Alcohol-related harm, Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, Violence Whole Community

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Burden of Disease Study 2018 – Key findings, Key findings. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/burden-of-disease/burden-of-disease-study-2018-key-findings/contents/key-findings (2021).

2023 Falls Health Professionals, Older Adults (65 years and over)

van Gameren, M. et al. Physical activity as a risk or protective factor for falls and fall-related fractures in non-frail and frail older adults: a longitudinal study. BMC Geriatrics 22, 695 (2022).

2023 Transport Whole Community

WA Road Safety Commission. Western Australian Road Fatalities and Serious Injuries 2022. https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2023-07/western-australian-road-fatalities-and-serious-injuries-2022.pdf (2023).

2023 Alcohol-related harm, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Transport, Violence Aboriginal Communities

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework: summary report July 2023. Available from: https://www.indigenoushpf.gov.au/report-overview/overview/summary-report.

2023 Alcohol-related harm, Transport, Violence Whole Community

Government of Western Australia. All Paths Lead to a Home: Western Australia’s 10-Year Strategy on Homelessness 2020-2030. (2021). Available from: https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/all-paths-lead-home-western-australias-10-year-strategy-homelessness-2020-2030

2023 Transport Whole Community

East Metropolitan Health Service. Quad bike accidents requiring admission to Royal Perth Hospital. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RPH-Report-Quad-Bike-Injuries-2023.pdf (2023).

2023 Falls Whole Community

East Metropolitan Health Service. 10 years of sporting and recreational injuries. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RPH-Report-Sport-related-injuries-2023.pdf (2023).

2023 Violence Whole Community

East Metropolitan Health Service. Royal Perth Hospital admissions related to family and domestic violence. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RPH-Report-Family-Domestic-Violence-Report-2023.pdf (2023).

2023 Violence Whole Community

East Metropolitan Health Service. Admissions to Royal Perth Hospital with injuries from assaults. https://www.injurymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RPH-Report-Assaults-Injuries-2023.pdf (2023).

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