Evidence-based childhood injury prevention policies should be standardized across Canada.

An overview of Vancouver Coastal Health’s core public health functions for BC, priorities for 2012, injury profiles and updates on current initiatives.

From leveraging the 2010 winter Olympics to creating a legacy for injury prevention.

The recent increase in the number of children and youth participating in sports activities has brought with it an epidemic of injuries.

The BC Emergency Department Injury Surveillance System (EDISS), funded by the Ministry of Health Services, is operated under the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BCIRPU). The main purpose of EDISS is to provide local injury information that can be used to plan and evaluate community injury prevention programs. Information regarding first presentation of all injuries, either intentional or unintentional, was abstracted, coded and transmitted to BCIRPU for analysis and…

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This report examines sports-related injury cases from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2003. Only cases treated and released, left without being seen, or refused treatment are presented in this report. Report Highlights In total, 22,374 cases were classified as sports-related injury cases. Among all sports-related injury cases presenting to EDISS, the top then leading type of sports where an injury occurred were: Hockey Biking Soccer Football/Rugby Skateboarding Playground-Related Baseball/Softball…

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This report examines injury cases among children and youth (ages 0-24 years) from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2003. Only cases treated and released, left without being seen, or refused treatment are presented in this report. Report Highlights ƒ Children and youth injury cases were approximately 46.7% of all injury cases presenting to EDISS. ƒThe average annual injury rate among children and youth injury cases presenting to EDISS was…

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This report examines injury cases among seniors (ages 65+) from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2003. Only cases treated and released, left without being seen, or refused treatment are presented in this report. Report Highlights Seniors made up approximately 7.0% of all injury cases presenting to EDISS. Among senior injury cases presenting to EDISS, the average annual injury rate per 1,000 population was 46.2. Among the senior age groups,…

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This report examines injury cases among adults (ages 25-64 years) from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2003. Only cases treated and released, left without being seen, or refused treatment are presented in this report. Report Highlights Adult injury cases were approximately 46.4% of all injury cases presenting to EDISS. Among adult injury cases presenting to EDISS, the average annual injury rate per 1,000 population was 64.6. Among the adult…

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