Injury
Untitled
(c1990)
Doris Gingingara
This artwork is provided by the Edith Cowan University Art Collection.
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The painting:
Near Maningrida, there is a billabong where lives a big snake, on the other side grows some sweet grass and bush potato. When people want to cross the billabong to get the grass and the potatoes to eat, they have to break some branches and leaves and put them in the water to make the snake quiet so it won't attack you and drown you.
The artist:
Doris Gingingara was born in Maningrida Arnhemland in 1946. She spent her childhood in the traditional way with her parents and her tribe, hunting and gathering.
Organisations
Information is collected here on organisations that are working to prevent and/or minimise the harm associated with injuries. Links to Indigenous organisations throughout Australia have been provided where possible. For a comprehensive list of links related to Indigenous health generally, view the series of HealthInfoNet links webpages. » Links
Australian Government agencies
Department of Health and Ageing
Injury prevention and control is one of seven National Health Priority Areas. Injury prevention and control was endorsed as a National Priority Area by the Australian Health Ministers in 1986 in recognition of the national burden of injury. The work of the Australian Government's National Injury Prevention Program is guided by three national plans: The National Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Plan: 2004 - 2014, the National Falls Prevention for Older People Plan: 2004 Onwards and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Safety Promotion Strategy. The diverse nature of injury prevention necessitates the need for intersectoral communication and collaboration within the Department and with organisations and agencies external to the Department
View website: Department of Health and Ageing
HealthInsite
The HealthInsite website is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about health. HealthInsite provides information about injuries and injury prevention and related topics such as alcohol-related, head, sport, transport related injuries and violence, intentional injury, self-harm, poisoning and more.
View website: HealthInsite
State and Territory government agencies
Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit
The Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit (QISU) collects injury data from hospital emergency departments on behalf of Queensland Health with the support of the Mater Health Services, Brisbane. QISU's core business is injury data collection, data analysis and data dissemination. QISU supports injury prevention through the provision of injury surveillance data collected from metropolitan, regional and remote areas of the State.
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Non-government agencies
Australian
Australian Injury Prevention Network
The Australian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) is the peak national body advocating for injury prevention and control in Australia. The main goal of the AIPN is to facilitate the minimisation of injury-related harm throughout Australia for all vulnerable population groups by coordinating the expertise of injury prevention researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. AIPN scope includes: injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, research, surveillance, education, training and information exchange
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(The) George Institute for International Health
The George Institute for International Health aims to improve the health of people worldwide by conducting high quality research and applying this research to policy and practice. The Institute has eight research divisions including: cardiovascular; health policy; injury; nutrition and lifestyle; and renal.
The George Institute
was established in Sydney, Australia, in response to the growing worldwide burden of non-communicable disease and injury, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
In April 2004, the Institute opened an office in Beijing, China. Another subsidiary in Hyderabad, India was launched in 2007. Since its establishment, The George Institute has launched research, policy development and training initiatives in over 40 countries, with the collaboration of more than 400 hospitals and universities worldwide.
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Injury Research Centre - University of Western Australia
The Injury Research Centre (formerly Road Accident Prevention Research Unit) at the University of Western Australia aims to apply a public health approach to the identification, prevention and control of injuries.
The Centre closed in July 2006. Past publications are still available on this website: http://www.irc.uwa.edu.au/public
National Injury Surveillance Unit - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) aims to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by informing community discussion and decision-making through national leadership in developing and providing health and welfare statistics and information.
The role of the National Injury Surveillance Unit, located within the Research Centre for Injury Studies at the Flinders University of South Australia, is to fulfil the AIHW's mission in the area of injury. It attempts to do this by:
- analysing and reporting upon existing data.
- assessing needs and opportunities for new information sources and mechanisms, and for improvement of existing ones.
- developing new information sources and other relevant infrastructure
- providing advice and other services to assist others who are engaged in injury control and related matters.
View website: Research Centre for Injury Studies
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Research Centre for Injury Studies
The Research Centre for Injury Studies is based at the Flinders University, contributes to reducing the burden of human injury and adding to knowledge of its nature, causes, effects and control. To do this, staff of the Centre undertake research, surveillance, analysis, consultation, and teaching, and disseminate information on injury control and related matters to public health and other practitioners, academics, government and the community.
View website: Research Centre for Injury Studies
International
World Health Organisation - Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention
The World Health Organization's Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention works to prevent injuries and violence, to mitigate their consequences, and to enhance the quality of life for persons with disabilities irrespective of the causes. Injuries constitute a major public health problem, killing more than 5 million people per year, and harming many millions more. The causes of injuries can be studied and acted upon; injuries can be prevented.
View website: World Health Organisation
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