12th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference Wednesday 25 – Friday 27 November The University of Sydney The Australasian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) is delighted to announce the latest conference program has been released for this year’s 12th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference being held Wednesday 25 – Friday 27 November at…
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12th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference Quad Bike Safety and Injury Prevention Symposium 8.30am – 3.30pm, Friday 27 November The University of Sydney The organising committee of the 12th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference are delighted to announce a dedicated symposium program on Quad Bike Safety and Injury Prevention. The symposium…
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The AIPN are pleased to announce you now have more time to prepare and submit an abstract for the premier injury prevention conference for Australia and the Asia Pacific, the 12th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference. Abstracts are now being accepted until Wednesday 13 May 2015 for this years event, so use the…
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Around 186 300 children under 18 years die from road traffic crashes annually, and rates of road traffic death among children are three times higher in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. A newly published World Health Organization (WHO) document, Ten strategies for keeping children safe on the road, draws attention to the…
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has identified injury as a leading cause of premature death amongst Indigenous Australians, particularly amongst those aged 1-34 years of age. “The Australasian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) acknowledges this report, which shows that there are clear differences between the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
DetailsTwenty-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…
DetailsProtecting 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…
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