{"title":"NSW Safe Communities Pilot Projects--evaluation methodology.","authors":"C. Sefton","doi":"10.1071/NB02032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02032","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes the methodology currently being used to evaluate the NSW Safe This article describes the methodology currently being used to evaluate the NSW Safe Communities Pilot Projects (SafeComm). The evaluation, by the University of Sydney, has been funded for three years as part of the pilot program by the NSW Department of Health and the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority to investigate the Safe Communities model.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121383273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patterns of drowning and near drowning in NSW.","authors":"A. Williamson, M. Schmertmann","doi":"10.1071/NB02033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02033","url":null,"abstract":"An analysis of drowning in Australia showed that, overall, rates of drowning are low compared to other injuries. In NSW between 1995 and 1999, drowning was the sixth most common injury-related cause of death, and near-drowning was the eighth most common cause of injury-related hospitalisation. However, as these are population-based estimates, the rates underestimate the risk involved in exposure to water-related hazards.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"182 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122450576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NSW Water Safety Taskforce.","authors":"R. Mitchell","doi":"10.1071/NB02034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02034","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, there are an average of 87 drownings in NSW each year. Drowning represents the sixth most common cause of accidental death in NSW. As described by Williamson and Schmertmann in the previous article, certain age groups demonstrate higher incidences of drowning, and males in general are more likely to die as a result of drowning than females. As incidents of drowning and near-drowning are considered to be largely preventable, they are a major safety concern for the community.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"21 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123465295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The cost of injury in New South Wales: a risk management framework.","authors":"Mary Potter-Forbes","doi":"10.1071/NB02030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02030","url":null,"abstract":"The New South Wales Injury Risk Management Research Centre (IRMRC) at the University of New South Wales has been commissioned to estimate the NSW ‘whole-of-life’ cost of injury for use in future resource planning and investment decisions. This ‘incidence based’ approach estimates the expected real costs and economic losses for injuries sustained in a given year, calculated to the endpoint of recovery or death from the injury.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"8 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120861497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Child deaths and injuries in driveways.","authors":"R. Mitchell","doi":"10.1071/NB02036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02036","url":null,"abstract":"The Commission for Children and Young People’s NSW Child Death Review Team 1998–99 Report found that, between 1996 and 1999, 17 children died after being reversed-over in home driveways in NSW. The number of children injured in this way was much higher. For example, between 1996 and 1998, 32 severely-injured children were admitted to the New Children’s Hospital at Westmead alone, after being reversed-over in home driveways.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122116134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mid North Coast Aboriginal Injury Surveillance Project.","authors":"J. Heslop","doi":"10.1071/NB02035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02035","url":null,"abstract":"Little is known about the prevalence, nature, and cause of injury experienced by Aboriginal people, or the effect that injury has on the individual, the family, and the community. Until recently the most comprehensive analysis of injury in Aboriginal communities was the Study of Injury in Five Cape York Communities completed in April 1997.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"175 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122289483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moving forward with health surveys: a report of the 2001 CATI Forum.","authors":"Tricia A. Fox, M. Eyeson‐Annan","doi":"10.1071/NB02039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02039","url":null,"abstract":"In any discussion of health surveys, the central role of the interviewer in data collection is sometimes overlooked .But at the 2001 Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Forum, interviewers from the NSW Health Survey Program took centre stage, with two powerful performances revealing the mysteries, methods, and madness of conducting CATI health survey interviews.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"125 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121192714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New South Wales injury risk management research centre.","authors":"A. Williamson","doi":"10.1071/NB02029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02029","url":null,"abstract":"The Injury Prevention and Policy Unit of the NSW Department of Health has developed a partnership with the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, the Motor Accidents Authority, and the University of New South Wales, to establish the NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre (IRMRC) at the University of New South Wales. This article briefly describes the aim, initiatives, activities, and research projects of the IRMRC.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"13 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130369375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guest editorial: Research and planning for injury prevention.","authors":"J. Elkington","doi":"10.1071/NB02027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02027","url":null,"abstract":"The January–February 2002 issue of the NSW Public Health Bulletin (Volume 13, Issues 1–2) examined the large and growing public health problem of injury resulting from falls. This issue, April 2002, presents articles describing research methods and findings that have shaped, and will continue to shape, planning for injury prevention.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126051448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A brief overview of injury in New South Wales.","authors":"M. Schmertmann, A. Williamson","doi":"10.1071/NB02028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02028","url":null,"abstract":"Injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in NSW. Each year, an estimated 2500 NSW residents die as the result of an injury, and more than 178 000 are hospitalised. In 1999, injury was the leading cause of death among NSW residents aged 1–44 years, and injury and poisonings were the sixth most common cause of death and the fourth most common cause of hospitalisation.","PeriodicalId":426489,"journal":{"name":"New South Wales Public Health Bulletin","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126595851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}