WORKING TOGETHER TO REDUCE HARM. THE SUBSTANCE MISUSE STRATEGY FOR WALES...
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2008 This 10-year-strategy ‘Working Together to Reduce Harm’, proposes a joint approach to drugs, alcohol and other misused substances. It sets out how the Welsh...
View ArticleSWISS SNOW SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Countries Covered: Switzerland Date: 2011 The Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu) conducted a snow sports safety campaign from 2007—2010 with the slogan “1000 Accidents a Day”. The major aim of...
View ArticleWATER DEATHS AND INJURIES DATA PUBLISHED
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2011 A new resource has been launched to collect and share better data on fatal and non-fatal drownings, injuries and near misses. The Water Incident Database (WAID) has...
View ArticleSAFETY CHECKLISTS FOR SPORTS COACHES
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2011 SafeSport-UK web site has published a safety check list for sport coaches. SafeSport was formed to offer a unique reference point on playing sport safely. SafeSport...
View ArticleSAFETY IN BASKETBALL – LAUNCH OF SPORTS TASK FORCE REPORT
Countries Covered: Europe Date: 2012 A three-years study by the EuroSafe -Safety in Sports Task Force confirms that it is possible to anchor injury prevention more strongly into the education and...
View ArticleTHE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEUROMUSCULAR WARM-UP STRATEGIES, THAT REQUIRE NO...
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2012 Study Conclusions: Effective implementation of practical neuromuscular warm-up strategies can reduce lower extremity injury incidence in young, amateur, female athletes...
View ArticleCAPIC SYSTEMATIC REVIEW DATABASE & SAFETYLIT
Countries Covered: Europe Date: 2013 CAPIC SYSTEMATIC REVIEW DATABASE & SAFETYLIT A huge amount of research on preventing injuries is carried out across the world. It is difficult for injury...
View ArticleBURDEN OF SPORT INJURIES IN THE EU
Countries Covered: Europe Date: 2013 In the framework of the project ‘Safety in Sports’ a report has been produced on the burden of sport injuries in the EU-region. The aim of Safety in Sports is to...
View ArticleWHERE TO FIND INJURY DATA AND STATISTICS IN THE UK AND IRELAND?
Countries Covered: UK and Ireland Date: 2013 To help injury practitioners find relevant and up to date injury related statistics; IOBI have produced guides on where to find injury data in the...
View ArticleGUIDE TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE ACTIVE
This guide produced by Sustrans gives people working in schools and colleges tips and advice on how to engage 11 to 18-year-olds in cycling, walking and public transport use. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleSPORT INJURY PREVENTION: UK-PARTNERSHIP
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), the UK’s leading accident prevention charity, and Sportscover, established in 1986 as a worldwide specialist sports and leisure insurer, will...
View ArticleGO SAFE SCOTLAND – NEW SAFETY TOOL FOR CHILDREN
An interactive safety resource for primary school children in Scotland, called Go Safe Scotland, has been launched in Glasgow. This resource will help to deliver key safety messages and support the...
View ArticleMANAGING RISK IN PLAY PROVISION: GUIDANCE REVISED AND UPDATED
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 The Play Safety Forum has produced Managing Risk in Play Provision to help strike a balance between the risks and the benefits of offering children challenging play...
View ArticleCHRISTMAS SHOPPING FOR TOYS? READ CAPT’S ESSENTIAL TOY SAFETY GUIDE
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 As Christmas approaches, help spread the word to parents about toy safety and what to look for when buying toys by sharing CAPTS essential toy safety guide....
View ArticleUK: TAKE HEAD INJURIES SERIOUSLY AND TREAT QUICKLY, SAYS NICE
Children and adults who suffer a head injury should be taken straight to a hospital with resuscitation facilities to avoid potentially serious complications, including disability or death, says NICE....
View ArticlePARACHUTE – A CANADIAN CHARITABLE ORGANISATION DEDICATED TO PREVENTING...
Parachute is a Canadian charitable organisation dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives. http://www.parachutecanada.org/ Information, tools and guides are available for the following injury...
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