Across the world a huge amount of research on preventing injuries is carried out. It is difficult for injury prevention practitioners to keep up to date with the latest scientific evidence. Increasingly, scientists are pulling together all the high quality studies on particular topics and collating the results in systematic reviews.

The best way to find evidence quickly is to search for systematic reviews. As a contribution to the Injury Observatory for Britain and Ireland the Collaboration for Accident Prevention and Injury Control (CAPIC) has pulled together synopses of all the systematic reviews in injury prevention in a searchable format.

Please click here to search the Systematic Reviews

APOLLO Project Reports

The coordinated APOLLO project, ‘Strategies and best practices for the reduction of injuries’, started in December 2005 and officially ended in November 2008. APOLLO aimed to provide evidence on the health and financial burden of injuries and easily measurable indicators and recommendations on how to overcome the barriers in applying existing best practices and efficient policies to decrease the most common injuries in EU Member States.

The following reports are all available from the Eurosafe website.

Title: European Code Against Injuries
The European Code Against Injuries (ECAI) is an awareness raising tool for injury prevention and safety promotion in the European Union.

Title: Systematic literature review of good practices for four injury priorities: Alcohol-related injuries, road traffic injuries, occupational injuries and drowning
The methodology that was used to select those injury prevention priorities to be further targeted by the APOLLO project is described in this report, as well as the results of the systematic review concerned with good practices and policies for injury prevention.

Title: Results of a systematic literature review of effective policies for four injury priorities: Alcohol-related injuries, road traffic injuries, occupational injuries and drowning
This report seeks to identify good policies for injury prevention strategies through a systematic literature review of the existing policies suggested in the literature for the prevention of fatal injuries.

Title: How to overcome the barriers to implement recommendations for youth injury prevention: The Case of Road Traffic Injuries
This report aims to serve as a useful guide for policy makers, injury prevention researchers and safety practitioners wishing to effectively design and implement road traffic safety interventions targeting adolescents and young adults.

Title: Implementation of effective injury prevention policies and strategies: A feasability and customization study. A report based on experts' opinions
The goal of this report is to provide meaningful messages regarding ways to improve implementability of effective policies and to customize successful practices in injury prevention to various EU settings.

Other Research

Title: Injury Prevention Program Evaluation Manual
Produced by/Published by: British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit
Year: 2001
Available on web: BCIRPU Website

Title: Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury prevention
Produced by/Published by: The Cochrane Collaboration
Summary: This review examined whether home safety education and providing safety equipment increased safety behaviours and safety equipment use and reduced injuries.
Year: 2007
Available on web: The Cochrane Library

Title: Providing child safety equipment to prevent injuries: randomised controlled trial
Produced by/Published by: BMJ
Year: 2004
Available on web: BMJ website

Title: Action Planning for Child Safety
A strategic and coordinated approach to reducing the number one cause of death for children in Europe
Available on web: Eurosafe website

Title: Vulnerable Road Users
Produced by/published by: Department for Transport
This page covers research on pedestrians, cyclists and children including reports on child-parent interaction in relation to road safety education.
Available on web: Department for Transport website.

Title: Risk Factors for Unintentional Injuries in Children: Are Grandparents Protective?
Published in: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics Vol. 122 No. 5 November 2008, pp. e980-e987
Conclusions: Children are at higher risk for medically attended injury when their parents are unmarried. Having grandparents as caregivers seems to be protective. Household composition seems to play a key role in placing children at risk for medically attended injuries.
Available on web: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Title: Families and Public Health, Research Bulletin
Produced by/published by: The Welsh Assembly Government Year: 2007
Available on paper from: Health Promotion Library, Ffynnon-las, Ty Glas Avenue, Llanishen, Cardiff CF14 5EZ, Tel: 029 20681239, E-mail: hplibrary@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Available on web: Welsh Assembly Government website

Title: Research Bulletin - Accidents and Injuries Issue 1 - Falls
Produced by/published by: Health Promotion Division of Welsh Assembly Government
Year: March 2005
Available on paper from: Welsh Assembly Government Publications Division
Available on web: Welsh Assembly Government website

Title: Research Bulletin - Accidents and Injuries Issue 2 - Road Traffic Accidents
Produced by/published by: Health Promotion Division of Welsh Assembly Government
Year: March 2005
Available on paper from: Welsh Assembly Government Publications Division
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Available on web: Welsh Assembly Government website

Title: Research Bulletin: Accidents and injuries Issue 3 – Intentional and unintentional injuries
Produced by/published by: Health Promotion Division of Welsh Assembly Government
Year: June 2005
Available on paper from: Welsh Assembly Government Publications Division
CF10 3NQ
Available on web: Welsh Assembly Government website

Title: What works in preventing unintentional injuries in children and young adolescence? An updated systematic review
Produced by/published by: NHS Health Development Agency - now NICE
Year: 2001
Available on paper from: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, telephone 0870 121 4194 or by post from NICE (public health) PO Box 90 Wetherby Yorkshire LS23 7EX
Available on web: NICE website