Day 1 of The First Injury Prevention Conference for UK and Ireland

Plenary Talks

Plenary 1: Professor Ronan Lyons, Swansea University:
’Health and environmental data supporting injury prevention’ – (ppt)

Plenary 2: Professor Alan Emond, University of Bristol:
’What does the ALSPAC cohort tell us about childhood injury?’ – (ppt)

Plenary 3: Dr Denise Kendrick, University of Nottingham:
'Updating the evidence base’ – (word.doc)

Plenary 4: Dr Alf Nicholson, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.
’Creating a safer Europe for Children’ – (ppt)

Plenary 5: Ms Maggie Sims, South Gloucestershire PCT.
’Why partnerships are important in injury prevention: the Lifeskills Centre’ – (ppt)

Cinema 1 talks

Ms Jane Stewart, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Primary Care Research Partnership
’Reducing bath hot tap water scaulds in families with young children in social housing: A randomised controlled trial of thermostatic mixer valves – (ppt)

Dr Jenny Ingram, University of Bristol, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health:
’Parents’ perceptions of childhood injuries in the home and their attitudes to risk’ – (abstract - word.doc)

Dr Michael Watson, University of Nottingham, School of Nursing:
’Does targeting injury prevention towards families in disadvantaged areas reduce inequalities in safety practices’ – (ppt)

Dr Caroline Mulvaney, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Primary Care Research Partnership:
'An evaluation of the Community Fire Safety Innovation Fund' - (ppt)

Cinema 2 talks

Ms Hannah Broughton, Cardiff University, Department of primary care and public health:
’Why are more child pedestrians injured walking home from school’ – (ppt)

Dr Paul Hewson, University of Plymouth, School of Mathematics and Statistics:
’Evidence based practice in Road Casualty Reduction’ – (ppt)

Mr John Wicks, MVA Consultancy:
’Safety Through Education: Improving the Delivery of Road Safety Education’ – (ppt)

Professor Andy Tolmie, School of Psychology & Human Development, Institute of Education:
’Influences on pedestrian risk-taking in young adolescents’ – (ppt)

Cinema 3 talks

Dr Julie Mytton, University of the West of England:
’Cohort studies reporting injuries in school aged children: a systematic review’ – (ppt)

Miss Nicola Brittle and Dr Jane Coad, University of Birmingham, School of Health Sciences:
’Wipe Out! A literature review of current safety and injury prevention strategies for children and young people in the UK participating in school ski trips abroad’ – (ppt)

Professor Huw Williams, University of Exeter, School of Psychology:
’A prospective study of causes for presenting to an Emergency Department with head versus orthopaedic injury’ – (ppt)

Dr Inas Nasr, Cardiff University, Wales, College of Medicine:
’The effect of socioeconomic deprivation on assault-injury rates among children – (word.doc)

Dr Denise Kendrick, University of Nottingham, Division of Primary Care:
’Parenting interventions and childhood injury: Systematic review and meta-analysis' – (word.doc)

Ms Zara Anderson, Liverpool John Moores University, faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences
’Alcohol - related violence in children - incident/referral/prevention – (ppt)