Know Injury eNews No Images? Click here Know Injury eNews May/June 2019Injury Matters has welcomed the announcement of the Hon Greg Hunt MP who has been re-appointed as the Minister for Health in the Second Morrison Ministry and congratulates Minister Ken Wyatt AM, MP on his historic appointment as the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Injury Matters believe these appointments will support a continued focus on the areas of injury prevention and recovery and will ensure positive impacts on health outcomes across the entire Australian community. Beyond the emergency: a national study of ambulance responses to men's mental healthA new report has uncovered that despite high rates of mental health issues, many men across Australia find it difficult to seek professional support. Common barriers to help-seeking include:
Beyond the Emergency was a three-year national research initiative funded by Movember and Beyond Blue. It sought to: quantify the magnitude and outline the characteristics of acute male mental health presentations to ambulance services, examine paramedic and men’s experiences and identify opportunities to improve mental health support for men. Disability support services: services provided under the National Disability Agreement 2017-18In 2017–18, about 280,000 people used disability support services funded under the National Disability Agreement (NDA). During the year, about 40,000 (14%) NDA service users transitioned to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), almost two-thirds (67%) of whom had an intellectual or learning disability. Stronger Together CampaignStronger Together is an R U OK? Campaign developed by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Stronger Together resources include a toolkit, video stories, written stories and information on how to start the conversation. Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport, 2010-11 to 2014-15The Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport, 2010–11 to 2014–15 report provides a summary of fatal and non-fatal injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia due to unintentional land transport crashes over the 5-year period from 2010–11 to 2014–15. Transport-related injury was the second leading cause of fatal injury (23%) and the fourth leading cause of serious injury (8.2%) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Over 95% of the fatal and non-fatal transport injury cases for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people involved land transport. Traumatic spinal cord injury in Victoria, 2007-2016The Medical Journal of Australia has published a journal article on traumatic spinal cord injury in Victoria, 2007-2016 in which researchers investigated trends in the incidence and causes of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in Victoria over a 10-year period. The article provides an overview of data analysis, mechanism of injury, profile of injury and incidence of TSCI. Stay On Your Feet® Move Improve Remove grants
Grants are open to community groups and not-for-profit organisations, health professionals, community workers and fitness professionals working with older adults, retirement and lifestyle villages, local government and population health units. Quad Bike Toolkit
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