Publication
Ontario Injury Compass: Concussions in Ontario
The Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre is pleased to announce the return of the Ontario Injury Compass, a quarterly summary of research on a particular injury issue in Ontario. The current issue covers concussions in Ontario, and examines prevalence, causes, age and gender breakdowns, and offers analysis and resources for injury prevention practitioners.
The OIPRC is pleased to announce an exciting new communications venue for IP practitioners, an email list called IP Chat. This listserv will be a new forum for discussions and questions among interested Ontario practitioners relating to injury prevention. You may wish to use this forum to pose questions of colleagues or to share information . To join, send an email to ipchat-subscribe@oiprc.parachutecanada.org.
Publication
Ontario Regional Injury Data Report released
The OIPRC has released the Ontario Regional Injury Data Report, presenting the counts and rates of injury related emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths by cause of injury for all Ontario health regions, as well as evidence-based practice recommendations for the top injury types in each region.
The Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre (OIPRC) helps injury prevention professionals reduce injury in Ontario.We do this through:
- coordination
- knowledge translation and interpretation
- knowledge exchange and communication
- leadership
- capacity-building
- system planning
See our website for more details on our services, training, publications, and online resources.
Public Health is a return on investment: new video
Update to Fall Prevention Locally Driven Collaborative Project
Parachute’s Safe Kids Week focuses on concussion
Alcohol Policy and Health Communication Workshop
June 19, 2013
Thunder Bay
This PHO workshop will explore Canada's low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines, their relationship to public health accountability agreements, regional alcohol burden data, and current Ontario-based campaigns addressing LRADG messaging
Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference
November 5 - November 7, 2013
Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal
The theme is Evidence to Action: Prevent Injury and Violence Now! Presented by Parachute and the Canadian Red Cross.
The 2nd Canadian Fall Prevention Conference
May 27 - May 28, 2014
Delta Chelsea Hotel
Save the date! Co-hosted by the OIPRC and the BCIRPU, this conference will bring together experts from across Canada and around the world to share research excellence, clinical advances and policy innovations in fall and fall-related injury prevention among older adults.