Year: 2015
Type: report
Abstract: The purpose of the Child Death Review Team is to prevent and reduce deaths of children in NSW.Given this, the prevention of serious childhood injury and disease is also central to the Team's remit.In 2014, NSW Health coordinated a forum that brought together injury prevention advocates, researchers and clinicians to consider the future of childhood injury prevention.Importantly, the forum's many positive outcomes included identification of the need for coordination and leadership of the diverse range of agencies and initiatives in the field of childhood injury prevention.This year, the CDRT decided to inform this ongoing discussion by mapping the prevention structures and activities that focus on child morbidity and mortality in NSW.The Team also considered that this research effort should include identifying gaps in prevention efforts, and presenting options for development of a coordinated and collaborative network of childhood injury and disease prevention activities across the State.As a first step, the Team commissioned the Centre for Health Service Development at the Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, to undertake an independent preliminary scan of childhood injury and disease prevention infrastructure in NSW.This report is the result of that work.As an initial scan, it does not claim to capture all the networks, initiatives and activities that currently constitute childhood injury and disease prevention.But it does demonstrate that there is a need for leadership and coordination to deliver further improvements in childhood injury prevention in NSW.The Team will closely consider the report's findings and recommendations.It is an important contribution to a critical discussion and I thank the authors for their work.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1659895625