What Works in Preventing Injuries

A huge amount of research on preventing injuries is carried out across the world. It is difficult for injury prevention practitioners to keep up to date with the latest scientific evdience. Increasingly, scientists are pulling together all the high quality studies on particular topics and collating the results in systematic reviews.

The best way to find evidence quickly is to search for systematic reviews. CAPIC, the Collaboration for Accident Prevention and Injury Control provides a regularly updated list of all the systematic reviews in injury prevention in a searchable format. This includes systematic reviews on risk factors for injury as well as on interventions to prevent injuries. Click here to search the CAPIC database of systematic reviews.

EuroSafe, the European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, runs the Effective Measures in Injury Prevention (EMIP) Programme. EMIP produces short evidence statements on effective injury prevention interventions for busy practitioners. Click here to enter the EuroSafe EMIP website.

SafetyLit is operated by the University of San Diego and provides weekly electronic abstracts of all the individual studies on injury prevention published on the world literature to all to all those who register (free) by email. Click here to enter the SafetyLit website.

YouthSafe is a non-profit organisation focused on the prevention of injury amongst young people. For more details click here

EUNESE Model Project - A 7-step guide to implement successful interventions for injury prevention among elderly people (65+)