Linked data systems for injury surveillance and targeted prevention planning: Identifying geographical differences in injury in Western Australia, 2009‐2012

Abstract

Injury prevention priority areas had consistent trends both geographically and over time. Finer scale analysis can provide public health policy makers with more robust information to plan, evaluate and support a range of injury prevention programs. SO WHAT?: The use of linked data systems and spatial analysis can assist health promotion decision-makers and practitioners by demonstrating area-based differences in injury prevention allowing effective targeting of limited resources to populations at the highest risk of injury.

Injury prevention and health promotion: A global perspective

“…This Special Issue contains articles on alcohol and injury, 22–25 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander injury prevention, 26–28 child injury prevention, 25,26,29 drowning prevention, 29,30 falls, 27,31,32 farm safety, 33 first aid 34 and injury surveillance. 35…”