Written by: Lotte Brondum, Executive Director at the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. Email: lotte@roadsafetyngos.org | T: (+45) 299 399 14 In February 2020, government Ministers at the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety hailed landmark progress toward road traffic crashes. Road traffic crashes are a much older public health crisis (compared to COVID19) […]
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Injuries are costly and preventable
Author Cora Peterson has contributed to this blog post on two recent publications: “Average medical cost of fatal and nonfatal injuries by type in the USA” and “Average lost work productivity due to nonfatal injuries by type in the United States”. Cora Peterson is an economist in the Data Analytics Branch, Division of Injury Prevention, […]
COVID-19’s impact on injury: Preliminary patterns across Texas
Last week the Texas Injury Prevention Leadership Collaborative held an emergency meeting to discuss ways to report the impact of COVID-19 on unintentional and intentional injury. The call was led by Mr. Kevin Rix, the Injury Prevention Coordinator at the Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas. The call was calm and […]
COVID19: Latest News and Resources at the BMJ
BMJ has put together a COVID19 dashboard. A helpful resource while we all search for reliable, timely, and data-driven information on the spread and health implications of COVID19. The dashboard includes visual summaries (like the one below), graphics, editorials, news articles, practice guides, and opinions. Updated daily! Check it out here. […]
International Safety Media Awards- closes 31 March 2020
Apply Now- International Safety Media Awards for the Safety 2020 Conference Enter the International Safety Media Awards for a chance to showcase your Safety Promotion Injury Prevention Work. The International Safety Media Awards (ISMAs) have been a part of the World Health Organisation’s SAFETY Conferences since 2006 in Durban, South Africa. ISMAs recognize the best […]
The Injury Prevention podcast: listen now
In case you missed it, Injury Prevention has revived its podcast series. In each podcast we interview the author of that edition’s editor’s choice article. The first four episodes of our podcast under EIC Rod McClure are available to listen now, and are: My top papers are… Rachid Salmi on escaping tigers, a […]
Would you choose difficulty accessing health-care?
Hopefully you would answer no to the question “Would you choose difficulty accessing health-care?” But that is the reality for Australians who live in the country. A recent survey of country folk regarding their access to health care, mental health and preventative health was undertaken as part of a collaborative project between the Royal Flying […]
When cows attack: how dangerous are cattle and how can you stay safe around them? | The Conversation
Curious? Or dangerous? Shutterstock [This post is from Carri Westgarth, University of Liverpool and Marie McIntyre, University of Liverpool] A well-respected retired academic was recently trampled to death by cattle while walking in Oxford. In 2012, my father was hospitalised after being attacked by cows while walking his dogs through a field next to his […]
6 reasons why students should attend conferences
[Sheree Bekker] This post is from guest blogger Amy Vassallo. Amy is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney and Research Assistant at the Prevention Research Collaboration. As an advocate for women in science she is the student representative on the Franklin Women Peer Advisory Board and curates their monthly e-newsletter. In 2017 Amy is also the student […]
There’s strength in numbers when it comes to injury prevention
This week marks the Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week. As noted on the website, the focus is on speed and what can be done to address this key risk factor for road traffic deaths and injuries. Speed contributes to around one-third of all fatal road traffic crashes in high-income countries, and up to half in […]