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National Injury Prevention Plan Priorities for 2004 and Beyond: Discussion Paper

This discussion paper was written to assist in the identification of priority injury issues for the next National Injury Prevention Plan in Australia. Each of the proposed priority injury areas is discussed with respect to monitoring and maintenance of successes, defining and measuring severity, equity issues and partnership development.

The discussion paper is available at www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/pubs/reports/2003/injcat55.php.

National Injury Prevention Plan: Priorities for 2001-2003

Injury prevention and control has been recognised by Health Ministers as a National Health Priority Area since 1986.

The National Injury Prevention Plan represents a broad framework for national activity in the areas of high priority where the health sector can take a leading role.

The National Injury Prevention Advisory Council (NIPAC) has identified four main priority areas in the national plan, which are:

• Fall injury among older people;
• Fall injury among children;
• Drowning and near drowning; and
• Poisoning in children.

Or download directly

National Injury Prevention Plan Priorities for 2001-2003
http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/nphp/sipp/injprev/prev_plan.pdf

National Injury Prevention Plan Priorities for 2001-2003 Implementation Plan
http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/nphp/sipp/injprev/imp_plan.pdf

Public Health Bulletin - Injury Issues

NSW Public Health Bulletin, May 2002 (pdf) - Work -and farm-related injury

NSW Public Health Bulletin, April 2002 (pdf) - Research & Planning for Injury Prevention

NSW Public Health Bulletin, January—February 2002 (pdf) - The big falls issue

In 1999 two issues of the NSW Public Health Bulletin were dedicated to injury surveillance and prevention topics.

NSW Public Health Bulletin, volume 10, number 7, July 1999 (pdf)

NSW Public Health Bulletin, volume 10, number 10, October 1999 (pdf)

Directions in Injury Prevention

The National Injury Prevention Advisory Council and the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care produced two publications on directions in injury prevention in 1999.

Directions in Injury Prevention. Report 1: Research Needs - pdf (635k)
This report identifies the research base available and the next steps required to advance injury prevention activities in the most cost effective way. It focuses on three principle areas: major injury causes, special population groups of interest, and a particular risk factor - alcohol - which cuts across most injury causes and population groups. This report provides a brief overview of why the problem occurs, its incidence in the community, what action is required, and considers the cost effectiveness of interventions.

Directions in Injury Prevention. Report 2: Injury Prevention Interventions - good buys for the next decade - pdf (205k)
This report is based on the detailed information contained in Directions in Injury Prevention. Report 1: Research Needs. Its sets out those areas which offer the best opportunities for investment in injury prevention (ie achievable, cost effective and desirable injury prevention interventions). It provides a sound basis for progressing action in injury prevention by governments, researchers and injury prevention practitioners.