Using media to promote safety and prevent injuries I have been intrigued by how best we can use The Media and (multi)media itself to promote safety and prevent injuries ever since attending the Mayo Clinic Social Media and Healthcare Summit in 2015. At the time, I wrote here on the Injury Prevention blog: “Sometimes we need to advocate […]
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I sometimes wonder if there is such a thing as “injury prevention”
[Sheree Bekker] Injury Prevention has had an exciting start to 2018 with Professor Roderick McClure beginning his tenure as Editor-In-Chief. If you have not yet done so, be sure to read his first editorial: Injury Prevention: Where to from here? To kick off this blog for 2018, I asked Rod a few questions about his vision […]
Alison Baker-Lewton | People in Injury Prevention
[Sheree Bekker] In the lead up to the 13th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference, I invited keynote speaker Dr Alison Baker-Lewton to answer a few questions for our blog. Alison Baker-Lewton is a Senior Lecturer in Social Pedagogy in the College of Arts and Education at Victoria University in Melbourne. She received her PhD in Psychology […]
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 […]
Firearm safety interventions: you get what you pay for?
I work in a Level 1 Trauma Center in the state of Ohio in the United States. I am tasked with decreasing injury before it occurs by providing culturally-relevant injury prevention in my community. One thing you should know: Ohioans. Love. Guns. Many rely on it for game hunting, protection, sport, etc. Another thing you […]
Lynne Moore | People in Injury Prevention
[Sheree Bekker] In the lead up to the 13th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference, I invited keynote speaker Associate Professor Lynne Moore to answer a few questions for our blog. Lynne Moore is an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the department of social and preventative medicine, Laval University in Québec City. She is recipient […]
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 […]
Roadway Tragedies: When Will the Madness End?
[Angy El-Khatib] This post is from guest blogger Bethesda Yohannes. Bethesda is an intern at the Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, United States. She is currently a second year undergradute student in the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State University. As the journey to reduce traffic-related fatalities continues, more […]
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 […]