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 InjuriesThe 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 drowningThe 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 drowningThis 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 InjuriesThis 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' opinionsThe 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 ManualProduced by/Published by: British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention UnitYear: 2001Available on web: BCIRPU Website
Title: Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury preventionProduced by/Published by: The Cochrane CollaborationSummary: This review examined whether home safety education and providing safety equipment increased safety behaviours and safety equipment use and reduced injuries.Year: 2007Available on web: The Cochrane Library
Title: Providing child safety equipment to prevent injuries: randomised controlled trialProduced by/Published by: BMJYear: 2004Available on web: BMJ website
Title: Action Planning for Child SafetyA strategic and coordinated approach to reducing the number one cause of death for children in EuropeAvailable on web: Eurosafe website
Title: Vulnerable Road Users Produced by/published by: Department for TransportThis 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 BulletinProduced by/published by: The Welsh Assembly Government Year: 2007Available on paper from: Health Promotion Library, Ffynnon-las, Ty Glas Avenue, Llanishen, Cardiff CF14 5EZ, Tel: 029 20681239, E-mail: hplibrary@wales.gsi.gov.ukAvailable on web: Welsh Assembly Government website
Title: Research Bulletin - Accidents and Injuries Issue 1 - FallsProduced by/published by: Health Promotion Division of Welsh Assembly GovernmentYear: March 2005Available on paper from: Welsh Assembly Government Publications DivisionAvailable on web: Welsh Assembly Government website
Title: Research Bulletin - Accidents and Injuries Issue 2 - Road Traffic AccidentsProduced by/published by: Health Promotion Division of Welsh Assembly GovernmentYear: March 2005Available on paper from: Welsh Assembly Government Publications Division CF10 3NQAvailable on web: Welsh Assembly Government website
Title: Research Bulletin: Accidents and injuries Issue 3 – Intentional and unintentional injuriesProduced by/published by: Health Promotion Division of Welsh Assembly GovernmentYear: June 2005Available on paper from: Welsh Assembly Government Publications Division CF10 3NQAvailable on web: Welsh Assembly Government website
Title: What works in preventing unintentional injuries in children and young adolescence? An updated systematic reviewProduced by/published by: NHS Health Development Agency - now NICEYear: 2001Available 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 7EXAvailable on web: NICE website