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13TH EDITION OF INJURY PREVENTION NEWS
IPN is the joint electronic newsletter of the Injury Observatory for Britain and Ireland (IOBI) and the Collaboration for Accident Prevention and Injury Control (CAPIC) The purpose of this newsletter...
View ArticleOxfordshire Falls Prevention Service release new YouTube video
Oxfordshire Falls Prevention Service has produced a video on falls prevention. The video offers advice to older people and their carers on how to reduce an older person’s risk of falling.
View ArticleChiMat Accident Prevention Report
Accidents are a major health issue for children: injuries in and around the home are the most common cause of death in children over the age of one. Looking at this report will help you gain a better...
View ArticleJoint Action on Monitoring Injuries in Europe (JAMIE): Development of a...
JAMIE is a European project which aims to have a common emergency departmental-based surveillance system for injury prevention in operation in all Member States in the EU. The following document...
View Article14TH EDITION OF INJURY PREVENTION NEWS
IPN is the joint electronic newsletter of the Injury Observatory for Britain and Ireland (IOBI) and the Collaboration for Accident Prevention and Injury Control (CAPIC). The purpose of this newsletter...
View ArticleSUICIDE NUMBERS RISE SHARPLY, ESPECIALLY AMONG MIDDLE-AGED MEN
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 Significant rises in the overall UK suicide rate and in the proportion of men aged between 45 and 59 killing themselves have been reported by the Office for National...
View ArticleSUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY LAUNCHED
Countries Covered: England Date: 2013 The Department of Health has launched a new cross-government strategy ‘Preventing suicide in England’. The strategy will focus on supporting bereaved families and...
View ArticleMENTAL WELLBEING GUIDE FOR SCHOOLS
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 A guide to help schools improve the emotional and mental wellbeing of their students has been launched by the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition. Read...
View ArticlePSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER...
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 Much more evidence is needed to demonstrate the relative effectiveness of different psychological therapies or the effectiveness of psychological therapies compared...
View ArticleMANAGED ALCOHOL AS A HARM REDUCTION INTERVENTION FOR ALCOHOL ADDICTION IN...
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 The lack of evidence does not allow for a conclusion regarding the efficacy of MAP on their own, or as compared to brief intervention, moderate drinking, no...
View ArticlePROTECTING PEOPLE, PROMOTING HEALTH: A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO VIOLENCE...
Countries Covered: England Date: 2013 The North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO) released a report titled ‘Protecting People, Promoting Health A public health approach to violence prevention for...
View ArticleWELSH GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2013 Live Fear Free is the latest part of the Welsh Government’s six-year strategy aimed at ending violence against women in Wales. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleNEW POWERS TO PROTECT ADULT VICTIMS OF SUSPECTED ABUSE
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2013 It has been announced that new powers to protect adults suspected of being victims of abuse are to be proposed in Wales. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleWIDER DEFINITION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE
Countries covered: England and Wales Years: 2013 The government has announced that the definition of domestic violence will be widened to include those aged 16-17 and wording to reflect coercive...
View ArticleWHERE TO FIND INJURY DATA AND STATISTICS IN THE UK AND IRELAND?
Countries Covered: UK and Ireland Date: 2013 To help injury practitioners find relevant and up to date injury related statistics; IOBI have produced guides on where to find injury data in the...
View Article15TH EDITION OF INJURY PREVENTION NEWS – NOW AVAILABLE
IPN is the joint electronic newsletter of the Injury Observatory for Britain and Ireland (IOBI) and the Collaboration for Accident Prevention and Injury Control (CAPIC). The purpose of this newsletter...
View ArticleCAPIC ANALYSIS: ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DATA – ALL WALES INJURY...
Countries Covered: Europe Date: 2003-2004 CAPIC has analyzed accident and emergency department data in Wales from the All Wales Injury Surveillance System (AWISS). The All Wales Injury Surveillance...
View ArticleSUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY LAUNCHED
Countries Covered: England Date: 2013 The Department of Health has launched a new cross-government strategy ‘Preventing suicide in England’. The strategy will focus on supporting bereaved families and...
View ArticleNEW INTERNATIONAL TASKFORCE TO ADVISE NHS STAFF ON PATIENT SAFETY
Countries covered: England Date: March, 2013 “International experts are being asked to form a taskforce to advise NHS staff on ways to help keep their patients safe from harm.” For further information...
View ArticleWALES FIRE SERVICE WARNING ABOUT CARBON MONOXIDE
Countries Covered: Wales Date: March 2013 Firefighters are warning of the dangers of carbon monoxide following incidents in homes in west and north Wales. Read the rest of this entry »
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