External resources for injury prevention

The following list is by no means exhaustive. Much of it was drawn from the recommended reading list of the Canadian Injury Prevention Curriculum and will be updated as time and resources permit.

General Injury Prevention

  • Advisory Committee on Population Health, Public Health Working Group (2000) National Injury Prevention and Control Strategy, Health Canada. www.injuryresearch.bc.ca/admin/DocUpload/320061130112820NatInjPrevControl%20Report.pdf

  • Barss, Peter., Smith, Gordon., Baker, Susan.,& Mohan, Dinesh. (1998). Injury Prevention: An International Perspective, New York: Oxford University Press.

  • Bonnie, Richard J., Fulco, Carolyn., Liverman, Cathryn T., (1999). Reducing the Burden of Injury: Advancing Prevention and Treatment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

  • Canadian Institute for Health Information. Reducing Gaps in Health: A Focus on Socio-Economic Status in Urban Canada. Ottawa: CIHI, 2008. http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cwpage=PG1690E&cwtopic=1690&cwrel=AR2509_E

  • Canadian Public Health Association. 2002 Position Paper on Injury Prevention and Control in Canada: Canadian Public Health Association, 2002.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Adding Power to Our Voices: A Framing Guide for Communicating About Injury. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2008. http://www.cdc.gov/injury/framingguide.html

  • Christoffel, Tom., & Gallagher, Susan Scavo., (1999) Injury Prevention and Public Health: Practical Knowledge, Skills and Strategies, Aspen.

  • Cohen, Larry, Chávez, V., Chehimi, S. (2007). Prevention is Primary, Strategies for Community Well-Being. San Francisco, CA,: Prevention Institute.

  • Federal Provincial Territorial Subcommitte on Injury Prevention and Control. Discussion Paper on the Attributes of a National Framework for Injury Prevention and Control. Ottawa: Health Canada 2000.

  • Haddon, W. Jr. (1995). Energy Damage and the Ten Countermeasure Strategies. Journal of Trauma, 13(4), 321-331.

  • Hemenway, David. (2009) While We Were Sleeping. University of Californial Press.

  • National Scientific Advisory Committee. Listening for Direction on Injury: Identifying Priorities for Research and Capacity Development in Injury as a Multi-Institute Strategic Initiative. Toronto: SMARTRISK, 2004. http://www.injurypreventionstrategy.ca/downloads/LFDI_FinalReport.pdf

  • Peck S. Advisory Committee on Public Health Paper: National Injury Prevention and Control Strategy: FPT Advisory Committee on Public Health, 1999.

  • Saunders LD, Stewart LM. A Safer Canada: Year 2000 Injury Control Objectives for Canada. Edmonton: Injury Awareness and Prevention Centre, 1991. http://www.acicr.ualberta.ca/pages/documents/SaferCanadaYear2000.pdf

  • SMARTRISK. Ending Canada’s Invisible Epidemic: A Strategy for Injury Prevention. Toronto: SMARTRISK, 2005. http://www.injurypreventionstrategy.ca/downloads/NS-Eng.pdf

Aboriginal

Agriculture

  • Brison RJ, Pickett W, Berg RL, Linneman J, Zentner J, Marlenga B. Fatal agricultural injuries in preschool children: risks, injury patterns and strategies for prevention. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2006;174(12):1723-1726. http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/abstract/174/12/172

Children and youth

Data & surveillance

Drowning

Evaluation

  • Demonstrating Your Program’s Worth: A primer on evaluation for programs to prevent unintentional injury, (2000). Department of Health and Human Services, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Real World Evaluation Techniques. In Christoffel, Tom., & Gallagher, Susan Scavo., (1999) Injury Prevention and Public Health: Practical Knowledge, Skills and Strategies, (pp 309-333) Aspen.

  • Kirkpatrick, D. L. (1996). Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, CA.

  • Love, A. J. (1991). Internal Evaluation: Building Organizations from Within. Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.

  • Ottawa Public Health Department (1997). A Program Evaluation Toolkit. Ottawa Public Health Department, City of Ottawa People Services, Ottawa, ON.

  • Patton, M. Q. (2008). Utilization-Focused Evaluation: The New Century Text (4th Edition). Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

  • Rutman, L. (1980). Planning Useful Evaluations: Evaluability Assessment. Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA

French language resources

  • Centre collaborateur OMS du Québec pour la promotion dela sécurité et la prévention des traumatismes. Sécurité et promotion de la sécurité Aspects conceptuels et opérationnels. Quebec: Centre collaborateur OMS du Québec pour la promotion de la sécurité et la prévention des traumatismes, 1998:1-36.

Ontario public health standards

Road safety

Seniors

Sports & recreation

Suicide

  • Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention. Blueprint for a Canadian National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Edmonton: Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, 2004. http://www.thesupportnetwork.com/CASP/blueprintE.pdf

  • Institute of Neurosciences Mental Health and Addiction. Report on the workshop on the suicide-related research in Canada - Montreal, February 7-8, 2003: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2003. http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/18918.html

  • Ramsay, Richard F., Tanney, Bryan L. (1996) Global Trends in Suicide Prevention: Toward the Development of National Strategies for Suicide Prevention, Mumbai, India: Tata Institute of Social Sciences.