CYHRNet-supported child and youth injury indicator reports released today in St. John's, Nfld.
June 17, 2010 - CYHRNet Co-Leader Dr. Ian Pike announced the release of three reports on child and youth injury indicators today at the Atlantic Injury Prevention Conference in St. John's, Nfld.
One of the reports, Measuring Injury Matters, outlines indicators for Canadian children and youth overall, while another, Developing Injury Prevention Indicators for First Nations Children & Youth in Canada, focuses specifically on indicators for this population. A third focuses on indicators for Inuit children and youth.
The indicators were developed through an extensive process of consultation with the Canadian injury prevention community who provided feedback and input, helping to define the final list of 34 indicators for Canadian children and youth overall and 27 indicators for First Nations and Inuit children and youth.
It's important progress in the field of injury prevention, says Dr. Pike. Sharing common definitions and language for indicators across Canada will allow for improved monitoring and comparison of injury incidences among children and youth across jurisdictions and over time.
"Being able to plan injury prevention initiatives is really dependent on an understanding of the current state of affairs," he says. "These indicators are really about establishing a baseline and surveillance system."
The reserach team's collaboration with the injury prevention community means the indicators are more likely to be adopted since they've been developed with the community's practical knowledge and experience.
"They’re in the field dealing with the delivery of injury prevention programs and dealing with all the hiccups and barriers," he said. "They see what works and what doesn’t from an implementation point of view."
The next step for Dr. Pike and his research team will be populating the indicators, using existing data from large hospital and mortality datasets. They are also working to gather novel data around specific policy-related indicators.
Three of the reports can be downloaded via the links to the right. The Inuit report is not available at this time
The Reports
Measuring Injury Matters, Vol. 1 (49 pages) - Explains the process used by the Canadian Injury Indicators Development Team for developing the indicators
Download the report [.pdf]
Measuring Injury Matters, Vol. 2 (88 pages) - Fully specifies the indicators for use by the injury prevention community in Canada for monitoring and evaluating the health of children and youth.
Download the report [.pdf]
Developing Injury Prevention Indicators for First Nations Children & Youth in Canada - Documents the work of the First Nations and Inuit Children and Youth Injury Indicators Project Task Group
Download the report [.pdf]
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