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
Auer AM, Andersson R. Canadian Aboriginal communities: a framework for injury surveillance. Health Promot Int 2001;16(2):169-77. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dot=Citation&list_uids=11356755
Health Canada. A Statistical Profile on the Health of First Nations in Canada. Ottawa: Health Canada, 2003. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnih-spni/pubs/gen/statsprofile.html
Health Canada. Unintentional and Intentional Injury Profile for Aboriginal People in Canada. Ottawa: Health Canada, 2001. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnih-spni/pubs/injury-bless/2001trauma/indexe.html
Health Council of Canada. The Health Status of Canada’s First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples. Toronto: Health Council of Canada, 2005.
Tjepkema M. Non-fatal injuries among Aboriginal Canadians. Health Reports 2005;16(2):9-22 http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=82-003-X20040027786
- Tjepkema M. The health of the off-reserve Aboriginal population. Health Reports 2002;13:1-17
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
Beaulne G, editor. For the Safety of Canadian Children and Youth: From Injury Data to Preventive Measures. First ed. Ottawa: Health Canada, 1997.
Canadian Institute of Child Health. The Health of Canada’s Children: A CICH Profile (3rd ed.). Ottawa: Canadian Institute of Child Health, 2000.
Canadian Paediatric Society. Are We Doing Enough? A Status Report on Canadian Public Policy and Child and Youth Health. Ottawa: Canadian Paediatric Society, 2007. http://www.cps.ca/english/Advocacy/StatusReport07.pdf
Health Canada. Building Toward Breakthroughs in Injury Control: A legislative perspective on the prevention of unintentional injuries among children and youth in Canada. Ottawa: Health Canada, 1996. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/publications/pdf/break_e.pdf
Leitch, Kellie. Reaching for the Top: A Report by the Advisor on Healthy Children and Youth. Ottawa: Health Canada 2008. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/pubs/child-enfant/advisor-conseillere/index-eng.php
McKay M, Reid D, Moher D, Klassen T. Systematic Review of the Relationship Between Childhood Injury and Socio-economic Status. Ottawa: Health Canada, 1999. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/publications/pdf/injury_e.pdf
Pless B, Millar W. Unintentional Injuries in Childhood: Results from the Canadian Health Surveys. Ottawa: Health Canada, 2000. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/publications/pdf/unintentional_e.pdf
Safe Kids Canada. Child and Youth: Unintentional Injury 1994-2003, 10 Years in Review. Toronto: Safe Kids Canada, 2006. http://www.ccsd.ca/pccy/2006/pdf/skc_injuries.pdf
Data & surveillance
Canadian Institute for Health Information. National Trauma Registry Report: Major Injury in Canada, 2004-2005. Ottawa: CIHI, 2005. www.cihi.ca
Canadian Institute for Health Information. National Trauma Registry 2006 Injury Hospitalizations Highlight Report. Ottawa: CIHI, 2004. http://www.cihi.ca/cihiweb/en/downloads/NTRbulletinhighlights2006final_e.pdf
Health Canada. Economic Burden of Illness in Canada 1998. Ottawa: Health Canada, 2002. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ebic-femc98/pdf/ebic1998.pdf
Health Canada. Injury Surveillance in Canada: Current Realities and Challenges. Ottawa: Health Canada, 2003. http://www.injurypreventionstrategy.ca/downloads/InjurySurveillanceinCanada.pdf
Injury Surveillance: A 10-step Plan. In Christoffel, Tom., & Gallagher, Susan Scavo., (1999) Injury Prevention and Public Health: Practical Knowledge, Skills and Strategies, (pp 268-302) Aspen.
Public Health Agency of Canada. Inventory of Injury Data Sources and Surveillance Activities. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada, 2005. http://www2.itssti.hc-sc.gc.ca/clf/clfinventory.nsf/Inventory-pdf/$FILE/InventoryE.pdf?OpenElement
SMARTRISK, Economic Burden of Injury in Canada, Toronto: SMARTRISK, 2009 http://www.smartrisk.ca/downloads/research/publications/burden/EBI-Eng-Final.pdf
Statistical Report on the Health of Canadians – Injuries (1999). [Online] Health Canada www.hc-sc.gc.ca.
Drowning
Canadian Red Cross Society. Drownings and Other Water-Related Injuries in Canada, 1991-2000. Canadian Red Cross Society, 2006. http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=32300&tid=024
Groff P, Ghadiali J. Will it Float? Mandatory PFD Wear Legislation: A Background Research Paper: Canadian Safe Boating Council, 2003. http://www.csbc.ca/html/willitfloat/willitfloatengchap01.pdf
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
The standards that relate to Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse are at http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/pubhealth/oph_standards/ophs/pism.html
OPHS Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse Workshop, Nov 2008. Materials are at http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/pubhealth/oph_standards/ophs/workshops.html#prevention
Road safety
Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Graduated Licensing: A Blueprint for North America. Ottawa: Traffic Injury Research Foundation, 2004. http://www.trafficinjuryresearch.com/publications/PDFpublications/BestPracticesforGraduatedDriverLicensinginCanada.pdf
Traffic Injury Research Foundation, An evaluation of graduated driver licensing programs in North America. Ottawa: Traffic Injury Research Foundation, 2009. http://www.tirf.ca/publications/publicationsshow.php?pubid=234
Transport Canada. Canada’s Road Safety Targets to 2010. Ottawa: Transport Canada 2001. http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/tp/tp13736/pdf/CRS_Target.pdf
Seniors
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Preventing Falls: What Works, A CDC Compendium of Effective Community-based Interventions from Around the World. Atlanta: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2008. http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Falls/preventfalls.html#Compendium
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults. Atlanta: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2008. http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Falls/preventfalls.html#DevCommunityPrg
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Committee of Officials for the Ministers Responsible for Seniors. A Best Practices Guide for the Prevention of Falls Among Seniors Living in the Community. Ottawa: Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2001. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/bestpractices/pdf/BestPracticeFalls_e.pdf
Public Health Agency of Canada. Inventory of Fall Prevention Initiatives in Canada. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada, 2005. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniorsines/pubs/fallpreventioninitiatives/pdf/fallpreventioninitiatives_e.pdf
Public Health Agency of Canada. Report on Seniors’ Falls in Canada. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada, 2005. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/seniorsfalls/pdf/seniors-fallse.pdf
Scott VJ, Donaldson M, Gallagher EM. A Review of the Literature on Best Practices in Falls Prevention for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities. Victoria: University of Victoria, 2003. http://www.coag.uvic.ca/resources/publications/reports/Areviewofliteraturebest%20practices_falls%20.pdf
Sports & recreation
Safe Kids Canada. Safe Kids Canada Position Statement on Bicycle Helmet Legislation. Toronto: Safe Kids Canada, 2005. http://www.sickkids.ca/SKCForPartners/custom/BikeLegislationPositionStatement.pdf
Scanlan A, MacKay M, Reid D, Olsen L, Clark M, McKim K, et al. Sports and Recreation Injury Prevention Strategies Systematic Review and Best Practices: British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit, 2001. http://www.injuryresearch.bc.ca/Publications/Reports/SportSystematicReport.pdf
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.