Injury and injury prevention resources
Listed below are some links to provincial, national and international sources on injuries and injury prevention.
These links are provided for reference and information puposes only. The information is not intended to be a substitute for any kind of professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please refer decisions about a medical condition to a health care professional.
Alberta resources
- Alberta Brain Injury Initiative
- Brain Injury Association of Alberta
- Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research
- Alberta Injury Control Strategy – June 2003
- Finding Balance – Senior's Fall Prevention website
- Health in Action – Online access to Health Promotion and Injury prevention information in Alberta
- Injury prevention and safety services
Canadian resources
- British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit
- Safer Healthcare Now! – Canadian Patient Safety Institute
- Health Canada:
- Injury Surveillance On-Line – Public Health Agency of Canada
- Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program – Health Canada
- Safety and Injuries – Health Canada
- Safe Healthy Environments – Public Health Agency of Canada
- Brain Injury Association of Canada
- Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture – University of Saskatchewan
- SMARTRISK Navigator
International resources
- United States
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – statistics
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- Injury Prevention website
- Injury Control Resource Information Network (ICRIN) –University of Pittsburgh
- Centre for Injury Control – Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health – Atlanta
- EPI Center – Epidemiology & Prevention for Injury Control – California
- Injury Facts for New York State
- Adelaide, Australia – Research Centre for Injury Studies, Flinders University
More information
Additional links to federal and provincial government health ministries, and to Canadian societies, foundations and associations concerned with specific health topics are found on our Useful Websites page.
