Hosted by the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland on behalf of the Australian Injury Prevention Network. The conference will be a multi-disciplinary event featuring representatives from all facets of injury prevention including research, teaching, practice and policy. Themes will be varied and cover topics such as road and transport safety, falls and ageing, child safety, water safety (including drowning), rural and remote injury prevention and more.
Call for papers will be February 2011.
The 10th National conference on injury prevention and safety promotion was held in Brisbane, Queensland from 2 to 4 November 2011. The conference was for individuals or organisations who were involved in the delivery and development of services and/or initiatives across Australia and internationally. This included individuals from research, teaching, practice and policy. The program included a range of presentations and workshops which focused on road and transport safety, falls and ageing, child safety, water safety (including drowning)and rural and remote injury prevention.
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet held an Internet cafe where Christine Potter highlighting many of the features of the HealthInfoNet with a particular focus on the Indigenous road safety and injury sections of the website. The cafe aimed to raise awareness of how the HealthInfoNet can support people from different states, territories and regions and who work in different sectors and organisations, in their work. There was positive feedback on what the HealthInfoNet offered and it was a great opportunity to introduce the HealthInfoNet to new users.
Iceberg Events
33 Park Road
Milton QLD 4064
PO Box 1179
Milton QLD 4064
Fax: (07) 3367 0032
Clare Murray
Marketing and Events Officer
Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
Kelvin Grove Campus
Level 4, K Block
130 Victoria Park Road
Brisbane QLD 4059
Ph: (07) 3138 4568
Fax: (07) 3138 7532
Email: clare.murray@qut.edu.au