Canadian Injury Prevention Resource
The Canadian Injury Prevention Resource (CIPR) is a comprehensive, evidence-based overview of injury prevention in Canada. The CIPR has over 500 pages of content from more than 60 contributing authors reflecting the Canadian experience around injury prevention. This resource aims to provide both individuals and Injury Prevention practitioners with basic understanding of the area.
The CIPR is free to download as a whole or in sections. Visit the Parachute website: www.parachutecanada.org/cipr
Related Content
Canadian Injury Prevention Curriculum
Fundamentals for Injury Prevention Practitioners
Updated April 19, 2016
Ontario Injury Data Report 2018
Parachute and the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre are pleased to announce the release of the new Ontario Injury Data Report 2018 (OIDR 2018). An update from the 2012 edition, this new report presents the latest available counts and rates of injury related emergency room (ER) visits, hospital visits and deaths by cause of injury in Ontario from a province-wide perspective.
ER visits and Hospital visits include cases in a two year period between April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2016 (Fiscal Years 2014/15- 2015/16). Deaths include cases within five calendar years, from 2008 to 2012. (Calendar Years 2008-2012)
Audience
The OIDR 2018 is useful for injury prevention practitioners, healthcare and public health professionals, as well as anyone with an interest in injury
prevention.
Purpose
Data within the OIDR 2018 provides a province-specific view of the burden of injuries in Ontario, and can be used to identify vulnerable populations who may be at a higher risk for a particular cause of injury. Age and population specific data presented within the report can also be used to identify trends within injury morbidity and mortality in Ontario to inform the development and implementation of appropriate health promotion programming and injury prevention strategies.
Here are some Report highlights:
- More than 2.4 million Ontarians visited an emergency room as a result of injuries in FY 2014-2016
- Falls as the single highest contributor of ER visits across all age groups and causes of injury (N=850,003) in FY 2014-2016
- Injuries accounted for approximately 144,000 hospital visits in FY 2014-2016.
- Over 25,600 Ontarians died as a result of injuries in a five-year period between 2008-2012
- Seniors older than 80 experienced most fall-related injuries resulting in ER visits (N=132,070) in FY 2014-2016
Download the Ontario Injury Report 2018
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Questions? Please direct your queries to:
Sunitha Ravi Kumar
Coordinator, Knowledge Translation
Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre (Parachute)
sravikumar@parachutecanada.org
647.776.5110
Updated February 15, 2018
Provincial Injury Initiatives - 2017
The Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre (OIPRC) is pleased to provide an overview of provincial injury initiatives as part of our mandate to facilitate communication and knowledge exchange among practitioners. This content provides a snapshot of initiatives in the areas of policy and research, as well as updates from provincial work groups.
Click here to view the September 2017 issue
Updated February 13, 2018
Provincial Injury Initiatives - 2016
The Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre (OIPRC) is pleased to provide an overview of provincial injury initiatives as part of our mandate to facilitatecommunication and knowledge exchange among practitioners. This content provides a snapshot of initiatives in the areas of policy and research, as well as updates from provincial work groups.
Click here to view the September 2016 Issue
Updated September 27, 2016
Communications Templates
Here you can download templates designed to support the distribution of the document to all relevant stakeholders.
Updated September 26, 2016
Highlighting Injury Prevention in Ontario: It’s Worth the Investment
This document offers information and tools for injury prevention practitioners to raise the profile of injury prevention in Ontario and Canada.
Injuries are the leading cause of death for people within the ages of 1 and 44. On the other hand, there is evidence that injuries are preventable. This collaborative project came out of a need for consistent messaging in the province, as well as the need to involve all the relevant stakeholders in order to implement effective injury prevention initiatives. This successful collaboration was led by:
Northwestern Health Unit
Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre
Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
Ontario Public Health Injury Prevention Managers' Alliance
The Regional Municipality of York
Click here to download the document
Read the document online
Adapting for Local Use
The document is customizable, allowing for the inclusion of regional or local data, local case stories, as well as other specific needs depending on the intended audience.
For assistance with using and customizing the document, feedback or further information, please contact:
Claude Meurehg
Health Promotion Coordinator, Capacity Building
Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre (OIPRC)
Parachute
150 Eglinton Ave East, Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1E8
(647) 776-5105
cmeurehg@parachutecanada.org
Updated September 26, 2016
Fentanyl Patch Return Program Guidelines
The Fentanyl Patch 4 Patch (P4P) Return Program was first implemented in the District of Nipissing on December 6, 2013. With the identification of the fentanyl issue in the community by the North Bay City Police Crime Unit, and a partnership between the North Bay & Area Drug Strategy Committee, physicians and community pharmacists, the program was developed, implemented and shared throughout the Province of Ontario.
The North Bay and Area Drug Strategy has created and shared these documents to help the implementation of the P4P program in communities across the province. The resources below are free for your use.
Patch 4 Patch Return Program Guidelines
Appendix A: Fentanyl Patch Return Disposal Sheet
Appendix B: Consent for a Controlled Substance
For more information, please contact Pat Cliche, pcliche@parachutecanada.org.
Additional Resources
Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Hospital Visits in Ontario. (Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, 2015)
The Burden of Premature Opioid-Related Mortality. (Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, 2014)
Deaths Involving Fentanyl in Canada, 2009-2014. (Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 2015)
Updated August 8, 2016
Road Safety Shareables
These images were created by the Ministry of Transportation and are available for partners to share. They are intended for posting to your website or social media accounts.
Bill 31/Distracted Driving
Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV)
Updated May 13, 2016
Alcohol and Youth: Resources for Parents
These resources were created collaboratively by the Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines and Youth Workgroup. The workgroup consists of 22 health units from across Ontario.
The resources are available in English and French.
Strategies for Parents to Prevent Underage Drinking
Stratégies pour aider les parents à prévenir la consommation d'alcool chez les mineurs
Infographic: Talk to your child early about alcohol
Parlez tôt avec votre enfant au sujet de l'alcool
Permission to Adapt
If your organization is interested in adapting these materials, please complete the copyright permission form.
Updated November 16, 2016
Provincial Injury Initiatives - 2015
The Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre is pleased to provide an overview of provincial injury initiatives as part of our mandate to facilitate communications among practitioners. This update provides a summary of research, policy, and education initiatives that are taking place across the province, as well as information from provincial work groups.
Click here to view the September 2015 Issue
Updated September 28, 2015
Fall Prevention Month
The OIPRC is proud to be part of the Partners for Fall Prevention Month, a group of 13 organizations with an interest in injury prevention.
Together, the Partners lead the planning of the Fall Prevention Month campaign and develop the Toolkit for other organizations to use.
Learn more and download free resources: fallpreventionmonth.ca
Updated August 5, 2016
Resources
OIPRC Reports
Reports produced by the OIPRC, including the Ontario Injury Data Report.
Ontario Injury Compass Reports
Snapshots of injury issues in Ontario, produced by the OIPRC.
Provincial Initiatives Newsletter
Summaries of research, policy, and education initiatives taking place across the province, as well as information from provincial work groups.
Economic Burden of Injury Reports
Reports on the economic burden of injury in Canada and Ontario.
Other Publications
Tools
Practical tools and toolkits for injury prevention practitioners.
Links
Links to external resources listed by topic.
Updated April 19, 2016
Tobogganing in Ontario: What’s the risk?
Tobogganing has been receiving much media attention lately, raising questions about helmets, by-laws and bans. This feature to the Ontario Health Promotion E-Bulletin highlights what recent data says about tobogganing injuries in Ontario and what can be done to reduce the risk of this winter activity.
OHPE Bulletin 874, Volume 2015, No.874 - January 23, 2015
Related Content
Read the January 2015 Ontario Injury Compass - Skiing, Snowboarding & Sledding: Alpine Sports Injuries in Ontario.
Updated January 30, 2015
Watch Your Step 2014 National Fall Prevention Conference Final Report
About the report
On May 27-28, 2014, over 400 delegates attended Watch Your Step: The 2014 National Fall Prevention Conference, at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. This high-calibre event brought together experts from across Canada and around the world to share research excellence, clinical advances and policy innovations in fall and injury prevention among older adults.
The final report summarizes the highlights of the conference in terms of key pieces of information presented, including promising practices, innovative interventions, ground breaking research, gaps identified in research and practice, and opportunities for programming and partnerships in the short to medium term.
Download the report
Watch Your Step Final Report (pdf)
For more information about the conference, including presentation content, visit the conference website: www.watchyourstepcanada.com
Learn more about the Canadian Fall Prevention Education Collaborative at www.canadianfallprevention.ca
Updated September 26, 2014
Links
Links to resources are organized by topic area. This list will be updated as time and resources permit.
General Injury Prevention
- Canadian Injury Prevention Resource (Parachute, 2015)
- Adding Power to Our Voices: A Framing Guide for Communicating About Injury. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2008)
- Position Paper on Injury Prevention and Control in Canada - The Need for a Public Health Approach and Coordinated National Leadership. (Canadian Public Health Association, 2002)
- One Voice Safer Canada: A report on collaboration from the Injury Alliance Collaborative Study Project (Groff, P., 2010)
- Energy Damage and the Ten Countermeasure Strategies. (Haddon, W. Jr., 1995)
- 2002 Chief Medical Officer of Health Report: Injury: Predictable and Preventable. (Ministry of Health Promotion, 2002)
- A Safer Canada: Year 2000 Injury Control Objectives for Canada. (Saunders, LD., & Stewart, LM., 1991)
Agriculture
- Fatal agricultural injuries in preschool children: risks, injury patterns and strategies for prevention. (Brison, RJ., et al., 2006)
- Ontario FarmSafe Resource Guide. (Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, 2012)
- Prevention of agricultural injuries: An evaluation of an education-based intervention. (Hagel, L.M., et al., 2008)
- North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks
- Pediatric farm injuries involving non-working children injured by a farm work hazard: five priorities for primary prevention. (Pickett, W., et al., 2005)
- Determinants of agricultural injury: A novel application of population health theory. (Pickett, W., et al., 2010)
- Effectiveness of roll-over protective structures in reducing farm tractor fatalities. (Reynolds, S.J., & Groves, W., 2000)
Alcohol & Other Drugs
- Drug-Impaired Driving Toolkit. (CCSA, 2016)
- The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada, 2015: Alcohol Consumption in Canada. (2016)
- Addressing Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Harms at the Local Level: A resource for public health professionals in Ontario. (LDCP, 2014)
- Canada's Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines. (Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse)
- Check Your Drinking screener. (Evolution Health)
- Making the Case: Tools for Supporting Local Alcohol Policy in Ontario. (CAMH Health Promotion Resource Centre, 2013)
- Evidence Brief: Impacts of standard drink labelling. (Public Health Ontario, 2014)
- Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Hospital Visits in Ontario. (Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, 2015)
- The Burden of Premature Opioid-Related Mortality. (Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, 2014)
Children & youth
- The Health of Canada’s Children: A CICH Profile (3rd ed.). (Canadian Institute of Child Health, 2000)
- Are We Doing Enough? A Status Report on Canadian Public Policy and Child and Youth Health. (Canadian Paediatric Society, 2012)
- Building Toward Breakthroughs in Injury Control: A legislative perspective on the prevention of unintentional injuries among children and youth in Canada. (Health Canada, 1996)
- Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury prevention. (Cochrane Review, 2012)
- Reaching for the Top: A Report by the Advisor on Healthy Children and Youth. (Leitch, Kellie, 2008)
- Systematic Review of the Relationship Between Childhood Injury and Socio-economic Status. (McKay, M., Reid, D., Moher, D., & Klassen, T., 1999)
- Parential influence over teen risk-taking: A review of the literature. (Morrish, J., Kennedy, P., & Groff, P., 2011)
- Guidlines for Pediatric Concussion. Toronto: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation. (Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, 2014).
- Parent Action Pack. (Parent Action on Drugs, 2013)
- Unintentional Injuries in Childhood: Results from the Canadian Health Surveys. (Pless, B., & Millar, W., 2000)
- Child and Youth: Unintentional Injury 1994-2003, 10 Years in Review. (Safe Kids Canada, 2006)
- Child Safety Good Practice Guide: Good investments in unintentional child injury prevention and safety promotion - Canadian Edition. (Safe Kids Canada, 2011)
- Kids that Click: Tips for buying and using car and booster seats. (Safe Kids Canada)
- Brain Injury Guide for Youth: A guide to help you understand the effects of brain injury. (Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, 2012)
Data and surveillance
- The Cost of Injury in Canada. (Parachute, 2015)
- National Trauma Registry Report 2013: Hospitalizations for Major Injury in Canada, 2010-2011. (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2013)
- Ontario Trauma Registry 2012 Report: Hospitalizations for Major Injury in Ontario, 2010-2011. (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2012)
- Injuries. In Statistical Report on the Health of Canadians. (Federal, Provincial and Territorial Advisory Committee on Population Health, 1999)
- Injury Surveillance in Canada: Current Realities and Challenges. (Health Canada, 2003)
- Injuries in Ontario: ICES Atlas. (Macpherson, A.K., et al., 2005)
- Inventory of Injury Data Sources and Surveillance Activities. (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2005)
Drowning/Water Safety
- The Flotation Report: Lifejackets/Personal Flotation Devices and Boating Fatalities in Canada: 20 Years of Research. (Canadian Red Cross, 2016)
- Ontario Drowning Reports. (Lifesaving Society)
- Water-Related Fatality Facts at a Glance: Canada 1991-2010. (Canadian Red Cross, 2014)
- Drownings and Other Water-Related Injuries in Canada, 1991-2000. (Canadian Red Cross Society, 2006)
- Will it Float? Mandatory PFD Wear Legislation: A Background Research Paper. (Groff, P., & Ghadiali, J., 2003)
Evaluation
- Program evaluation toolkit. (Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, 2013)
- Annotated Inventory of Evaluation Tools and Resources. (Snelling, Susan & Bennett, Angie, 2009)
- Demonstrating Your Program’s Worth: A Primer on Evaluation for Programs to Prevent Unintentional Injury (2nd ed.). (Thompson, N.J., & McClintock, H.O., 2000)
Evidence-informed decision making
- Canadian Best Practices Portal (PHAC)
- Compendium of Critical Appraisal Tools for Public Health Practice (National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools)
- DISCERN tool for evaluating the quality of online health information
- Evidence-Informed Public Health (National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools)
- Leading Practices Database (Accreditation Canada)
- Ontario Health Program Planner (Public Health Ontario)
- Registry of Methods and Tools (National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools)
- Rapid Review Guidebook (National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools)
First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples
- A Journey to the Teachings: A Community Approach to Injury Prevention. Ottawa: Health Canada. (Health Canada, 2008)
- Falls Prevention: A Guide for Aboriginal Communities (University of Ottawa, 2004)
- Canadian Aboriginal communities: a framework for injury surveillance. (Auer, A.M, & Andersson, R., 2001)
- Resources for First Nations on Injury Prevention: Annotated Bibliography. (First Nations Centre, 2006)
- A Statistical Profile on the Health of First Nations in Canada. (Health Canada, 2003)
- Unintentional and Intentional Injury Profile for Aboriginal People in Canada, 1990-1999. (Health Canada, 2001)
- The Health Status of Canada's First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples. (Health Council of Canada, 2005)
- Non-fatal injuries among Aboriginal Canadians. (Tjepkema, M, 2005)
- The health of the off-reserve Aboriginal population. (Tjepkema, M, 2002)
French language resources
- Chutes chez les aines au Canada: Deuxieme rapport. (Agence de la santé publique du Canada, 2014)
- Sécurité et promotion de la sécurité Aspects conceptuels et opérationnels. (Centre collaborateur OMS du Québec pour la promotion dela sécurité et la prévention des traumatismes, 1998)
- Les hospitalizations à la suite d'une blessure et le statut socioéconomique. (Institut canadien d'information sur la santé, 2010)
- Sécurité des piétons: Manuel de sécurité routiere pour les décideurs et les intervenants. (Organisation mondiale de la santé, 2013)
Mental health
- Pathways to Promoting Mental Health: A 2015 Survey of Ontario Public Health Units (CAMH, 2015)
- Connecting the Dots: How Ontario Public Health Units Are Addressing Child and Youth Mental Health (CAMH, Public Health Ontario, & Toronto Public Health, 2013)
- Identifying Areas of Focus for Mental Health Promotion in Children and Youth for Ontario Public Health (LDCP, 2015)
Ontario Public Health Standards
- Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse Standards
- Prevention of Injury: Guidance Document. (Ministry of Health Promotion, 2010)
Road safety
- Canada's Road Safety Strategy 2025 (CCMTA, 2016)
- Road Safety Campaigns - What the Research Tells Us (Traffic Injury Research Foundation, 2015)
- Ontario Road Safety Annual Reports (Ontario Ministry of Transportation)
- Distracted Driving in Canada: Making Progress, Taking Action (Traffic Injury Research Foundation, 2015)
- Evidence Brief: Predictors and risk factors of texting and driving among youth. (Public Health Ontario, 2014)
- Graduated Licensing: A Blueprint for North America. (Traffic Injury Research Foundation, 2004)
- An evaluation of graduated driver licensing programs in North America. (Traffic Injury Research Foundation, 2009)
- Canada’s Road Safety Targets to 2010. (Transport Canada, 2001)
- Report on improving global road safety, prepared by the World Health Organization in consultation with the regional commissions and other partners of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration. (United Nations, 2013)
- Pedestrian safety: A road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners. (World Health Organization, 2013)
Seniors
- Canadian Fall Prevention Education Collaborative
- McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
- Preventing Falls: What Works, A CDC Compendium of Effective Community-based Interventions from Around the World. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008)
- Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008)
- A Best Practices Guide for the Prevention of Falls Among Seniors Living in the Community. (Federal/Provincial/Territorial Committee of Officials for the Ministers Responsible for Seniors, 2001)
- Inventory of Fall Prevention Initiatives in Canada. (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2005)
- Report on Seniors' Falls in Canada. (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2005)
- Seniors' Falls in Canada: Second Report. (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2014)
- A Review of the Literature on Best Practices in Falls Prevention for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities. (Scott, VJ., Donaldson, M., & Gallagher, E.M., 2003)
Social determinants of injury
- The Social Determinants of Injury. (Atlantic Collaborative on Injury Prevention, 2012)
- Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Injury. (Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, 2006)
- Reducing Gaps in Health: A Focus on Socio-Economic Status in Urban Canada. (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2008)
- Injury Hospitalizations and Socio-Economic Status. (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2010)
- Trauma in the neighbourhood: a geospatial analysis and assessment of social determinants of major injury in North America. (Newgard, C.D., et al., 2011)
Sports & recreation
- Recommendations for policy development regarding sport-related concussion prevention and management in Canada. (Canadian Concussion Collaborative, 2014)
- SCAT3 Sport Concussion Assessment Tool - 3rd Edition. (Concussion in Sport Group, 2013)
- CAEP Position Statement: Improving bicycle safety in Canada. (Letovsky, E., et al., 2014)
- Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th international Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012. (McCrory, P., et al., 2013)
- Get a Heads Up on Concussion in Sports Policies: Information for Parents, Coaches, and School & Sports Professionals. (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- Which Helmet for which Activity? (Parachute)
- Developing a Concussion Policy: Information for Recreation and Sport Leaders & Organizations. (Play Safe Initiative, 2014)
- Safe Kids Canada Position Statement on Bicycle Helmet Legislation. (Safe Kids Canada, 2005)
- Sports and Recreation Injury Prevention Strategies Systematic Review and Best Practices. (Scanlan, A., et al., 2001)
Suicide
- Blueprint for a Canadian National Suicide Prevention Strategy. (Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, 2004)
- Report on the workshop on the suicide-related research in Canada - Montreal, February 7-8, 2003: Canadian Institutes of Health Research. (Institute of Neurosciences Mental Health and Addiction, 2003)
- Together to Live: A toolkit for addressing youth suicide in your community. (Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health)
- Evidence-based recommendations for management of self harm and suicide in non-specialized health settings. (World Health Organization, 2012)
- Preventing suicide: A global imperative. (World Health Organization, 2014)
- http://www.learnpsychology.org/suicide-depression-student-guidebook/ (LearnPsychology.org)
Violence
- Global Status Report on Violence Prevention 2014. (World Health Organization, 2014)
- Global Status Report on Violence Prevention - Infographic (World Health Organization, 2014)
- Country Profile - Canada (World Health Organization)
- Injuries and Violence: The Facts 2014. (World Health Organization, 2014)
Updated November 3, 2016
Evidence-Informed Practice Recommendations
Overview
In April, 2013, the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre released the Ontario Regional Injury Data Report. The report presented the most common causes of injury in each Ontario region (Central East, Central West, Eastern, South West, Northern and Toronto) in terms of emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths. The regional reports contain recommendations pertaining to the most common causes of injury in each respective region.
The Evidence-Informed Practice Recommendations document is a compilation of all evidence-informed practice recommendations prepared for each region. By combining each of the evidence-informed recommendation sections into one document, injury prevention practitioners will have access to prevention strategies for the most common causes of injury across the province, in addition to the strategies provided in the individual regional reports.
In accordance with the most common causes of injury in Ontario, evidence-informed practice recommendations have been prepared on the following topics:
- falls
- off-road vehicles
- on-road vehicles
- pedestrian incidents
- unintentional poisoning
- suffocation and breathing-related incidents
- sports and recreational injuries
- suicide
- violence
Download the Report
Evidence-Informed Practice Recommendations (pdf)
Updated July 23, 2014
Injuries Among Seniors in Ontario
The Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre has released the report Injuries among Seniors in Ontario: A Descriptive Analysis of Emergency Department and Hospitalization Data.
Key findings include:
- In 2004/05, there were over 1.3 million emergency department visits due to injury in Ontario. Adults 65 years of age and older accounted for 11% of these visits, totalling over 146,000 visits.
- There were a total of 76,444 injury hospitalizations in Ontario during the 2004/05 fiscal year. Seniors accounted for 40% of these hospitalizations, which amounts to almost 31,000 injury hospitalizations.
- Falls were by far the most common type of injury for seniors, followed by transport incidents.
The report also presents patterns of emergency visits and hospitalizations for a variety of factors, such as age, sex, month of admission, cause of injury and discharge status. In addition, injury patterns are broken down by region and Local Health Integration Network.
Two sources of injury data were used: emergency department data from the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) and acute care hospitalization data from the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) at the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Download the report [PDF - 3.7MB]
Updated May 14, 2007
About Ontario Injury Compass
Ontario Injury Compass provides an analysis of injury issues in Ontario. Each report provides a snapshot of the most recent data available on the given topic. By signing up, you can automatically receive notification when the reports are released.
To sign up, please send an email to compass-subscribe@oiprc.parachutecanada.org.
Updated February 3, 2008
Ontario Regional Injury Data Report (2012)
Overview
Data
The Ontario Regional Injury Data Report presents the counts and rates of injury-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths by cause of injury for all Ontario health regions. The OIPRC hopes that by providing these counts and rates, communities throughout the province can better understand the most common injury causes throughout the various areas in our province, which will assist in developing and implementing evidence-based strategies tailored to their specific injury needs. These data also identify population subgroups who are more vulnerable to or at a higher risk for a particular cause of injury. As such, these data can help inform the development and implementation of appropriate health promotion programming and injury prevention strategies targeting specific injury causes and specific age groups.
Practice Recommendations
In addition to providing data for each of Ontario’s regions, this report also includes evidence-informed practice recommendations, which have been included as appendices to the methodology section. These recommendations have been created based upon the major injury issues within each region and outline the associated evidence-informed practices for each of these top injuries. As such, readers can utilize the provided tables to identify major injury issues within their region and refer to the associated recommendation sections to investigate potential programming initiatives that could be applied.
The evidence-informed practice recommendations are also available as a separate document.
Click here for more information about the Evidence-Informed Practice Recommendations.
Report format
Due to the amount of data, the Ontario Regional Injury Data Report is not one document, but has been divided into six separate documents corresponding to each region: Northern Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Central East, Toronto, Central West, and South West.
Report version and updates
The most current release of the report is Version 1.0. Any errata will be noted in future reports with a change in version number, and will be available on this page. To be notified automatically of any new revisions to the report, please subscribe to the ORIDR Notification mailing list by sending an email to ORIDR-subscribe@parachutecanada.org
Download the reports
Download the resources
The following resources have been created for injury prevention practitioners in Ontario. These resources can be downloaded and distributed, referencing the Ontario Regional Injury Data Report as the original source of information (Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre. (2013). Ontaro Injury Data Report. Toronto, ON: Parachute).
The infographic is a visual representation of data, illustrating the most common causes of injury in each region. The Injury Data Presentation serves as an outline for practitioners to use in various settings, and includes data tables that are formatted and easy to explain. The media worksheet contains background information on the report, main messages and key statistics from each region's data report.
Central East Region
Central West Region
Eastern Region
Northern Region
South West Region
Toronto
Published April 2013
Updated July 23, 2014
Falls Across the Lifespan: Evidence-Based Practice Synthesis Document
The purpose of this document is to inform Ontario public health professionals and their community partners of evidence-informed practice for the implementation of the Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse standard of the Ontario Public Health Standards and Protocols (released October 31, 2008). This document is based on an earlier systematic literature review conducted by the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre staff in 2007-2008.
Download the report
Falls Across the Lifespan: Evidence-Based Practice Synthesis Document
Updated November 25, 2008
Alcohol-Related Injury: Evidence-Based Practice Synthesis Document
The purpose of this document is to inform Ontario public health professionals and their community partners of evidence-informed practice for the implementation of the Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse standard of the Ontario Public Health Standards and Protocols (released October 31, 2008). This document is based on an earlier systematic literature review conducted by the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre staff in 2007-2008.
Download the report
Alcohol-Related Injury: Evidence-Based Practice Synthesis Document
Updated November 25, 2008