A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that injuries sustained whilst playing on trampolines, or on playground equipment, were among the leading cause of hospilisation amongst children aged 1 to 9 years. The report, Hospitalised Injury in Children and Young People: 2011-12, shows that nearly 20% of injury hospitalisations…
Acknowledging a career dedicated to creating lasting social change amongst some of our most marginalized communities, and a desire to see a reduction in preventable injury across Australia and the World, Professor Rebecca Ivers has been announced as the winner of the Innovation category at The Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence…
AIPN Executive Committee member Dr Sophie Pointer, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Injury Studies, has recently completed a report on behalf of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on the incidence of hospitalisations due to sports injury. Released November 2014, the report shows that injuries sustained while playing football make…
Twenty-seven new research projects, each targeting injury prevention or improving treatments post injury, were awarded funding in the recently announced National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) grants scheme. Projects covered a range of topics including the prevention of falls amongst older Australians, ways to improve recovery from traumatic brain injury and better wye to deliver care to…
Protecting athletes’ health and preventing injuries and illnesses in sport are top priorities for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its Medical Commission, which is why nine research centres from across the world have been named as IOC Research Centres for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health, including the Australian Centre for Research…
The International Organizing Committee of the series of World Conferences on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion is pleased to announce that the 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion – Safety 2016 – will take place in Tampere, Finland from 18-21 September 2016. The theme of the conference is “From research to implementation”.…
The World Health Organization’s first Global report on drowning: preventing a leading killer reveals that drowning claims the lives of 372,000 people each year and is among the ten leading causes of death for children and young people in every region. Other findings from the report include: Globally, over half of all drowning deaths are…