Kia ora, Talofa lava, Welcome to the
Injury Prevention Information Centre
The Injury Prevention Information Centre aims to reduce the incidence and severity of unintentional
and intentional injury in New Zealand by disseminating the results of New Zealand-based and relevant international injury prevention research to injury prevention
sector practitioners, service providers, policymakers and researchers.
The Centre is based in The University of Auckland's School of Population Health.
The Injury Prevention Information Centre provides access to information on the epidemiology of injury; the development
of injury prevention strategies; and research on injury prevention interventions
and their effectiveness, with an emphasis on the New Zealand environment and the
unique needs of New Zealand's Māori, Pacific and Asian populations. The
Centre's services and resources
are described below. For opening hours and contact details click
here.
Information Service
The Information Specialist is available to help you find the injury prevention information
you need for: funding applications, community intervention projects, injury
research or study, etc.
The Information Specialist can:
- answer quick reference questions related to injury prevention and control
- provide injury statistics from a range of sources
- find resources on specific injury topics, risk factors or related issues
- conduct literature searches
- provide one-on-one or group training to improve your
search skills
- refer you to other organisations to answer your specific enquiry
Contact the Information
Specialist.
Note on Injury Statistics: The Injury Prevention Research Unit, University of Otago
manages the National Injury Query System (NIQS), based on New Zealand Health Information Service data. This is the place to go if you need official New Zealand mortality and hospitalisation injury data.
Click here
to go to IPRU's Statistics webpage.
Resources
The Injury Prevention Information Centre maintains and provides access to these
resources:
Links
The Injury Prevention Information Centre provides an extensive list of links
to other websites of interest to the injury prevetion sector. If you would like your
site included on the links pages, or you know of sites which should be added, please contact the Information Specialist.
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