The June 2012, Volume 46 (8) issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine is led by the South African Sports Medicine Association and so it is fitting that it has a major focus on injury prevention in rugby union. In describing the issue, Patricios’ editorial item specifically mentions describes BokSmart which is South […]
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Would you SMS for surveillance?
Could SMS (or text messaging) be used effectively to collect data for injury surveillance purposes? This is a question asked by Moller and colleagues in a paper in the June 2012, Volume 46 (7) issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. These authors wanted to monitor injuries sustained by handball players in Denmark […]
Injury surveillance, the Olympic way
As the 2012 London Olympic Games begin, so does one of the most intense injury surveillance activities. Polyclinics around the Olympic Village and competition sites are providing medical and allied health support to inured athletes, officials and members of the Olympic family. When they do so, they also contribute to the largest medical coverage […]
Sports injury risk in youth soccer unlikely to be exacerbated over multi-day tournaments
Over recent years there has been increasing concern that some children are being exposed to increasing levels of injury risk because they are playing too much sport. The issue is particularly pertinent for children who are identified as having sporting talent and who may be participating in intensive sporting competitions over a short period […]
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María Seguí Gómez Our board member, Maria Segui, has been appointed General Director of Public Health, Drug Dependency and Consumption for the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Comment: This is a huge tribute to Maria’s extraordinary talents but a great loss to European Centre for Injury Prevention at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain […]
Spain fines makers of film over ‘reckless’ poster
Thanks to David Lawrence for bringing this to my attention. […]
How things used to be – my first injury
When I was 7 years old I fell off a slide on which has been placed a see-saw to prevent 7-year-olds from using the slide. I broke my wrist. Here was the bill my family received. (Note the spelling error!) […]
A new Lynn Truss book on punctuation “Twenty-odd Ducks: Why, every punctuation mark counts!
For those who share my passion for good punctuation, and who enjoyed Lynn Truss’s witty, clever, useful book “Eats Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation”, I have just discovered that she has another such book out. The blurb below is from Amazon. [No, I do not get a cut of the profits.] […]
Mental Models in Injury Prevention
This month’s editor’s choice is Injury Prevention and Risk Communication: a mental models approach by Laurel Austin and Baruch Fischhoff. We’ve published this special feature (which is free online) to highlight an empirically-grounded, systematic approach to thinking about health behavior, behavior change and intervention design. I suspect many of us use a ‘mental models’ framework […]
Academic journals: an open and shut case | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
This link was sent to me by Tim Albert who is a freelance scientific writer trainer. It is a powerful indictment of the traditional publishing model and makes a strong case for open access journals. I have written about this before. In essence, although I approve of the moral argument, the problems with OA need […]