Parachute and its partner the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre, which operated until 2018, created a series of reports on injury topics that are still valuable for researchers and injury-prevention practitioners to review and use in their work.
Resources
Canada Injury Compass
The Canada Injury Compass is a series of short and succinct evidence summary reports on a specific injury topic. Useful to practitioners and researchers alike, the Compass provides a quick snapshot of current surveillance data about the injury topic while highlighting important elements like the risk factors, major trends in injury rates and prevention strategies.
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Bicycle injury hospitalization in Canadian children (2015)
This May 2015 edition of the Canada Injury Compass highlights bicycle hospitalization in children in Canada from 2010-2011. The report provides an overview on the incidence of injury, factors associated with bicycle injuries, the nature and circumstances of injury and preventative measures to address the issue.
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Skiing, snowboarding and sledding: Hospitalizations from alpine sports injuries in Canada (2015)
This January 2015 edition of the Canada Injury Compass highlights alpine sport injuries in Canada for the period of 2010-2011 in Canada. This report discusses the risks associated with alpines sport, the nature and circumstances of injuries and preventative strategies can reduce and prevent injuries while on the slopes.
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Distracted driving in Canada (2014)
This Fall 2014 edition of the Canada Injury Compass focuses on injuries and fatalities due to distracted driving in Canada for the period of 2006-2010. Emphasizing the message that safe driving requires our undivided attention, the report highlights incidence of serious injuries and fatalities, contributing factors and mechanisms of injury and recommends preventative strategies to reduce and prevent injuries on the road.
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Hospitalizations associated with drowning in Canada: A focus on infants, children and youth (2014)
This Spring 2014 edition of the Canada Injury Compass emphasizes the message that safety around water is paramount with vulnerable populations like infants, children and youth. The report highlights incidence of drowning in Canada between 2006-2010 and recommends preventative strategies to reduce injuries and prevent fatalities.
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Ontario Injury Compass
The Ontario Injury Compass is a series of reports, each providing an analysis on a specific injury issue. These compass reports provide Ontario hospitalization and emergency department data broken down by age, sex and region, along with prevention tips and a list of additional resources.
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A snapshot of injuries in Ontario: 2008-2016 (2018)
The March 2018 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass summarizes data from the Ontario Injury Data Report 2018 with the latest available counts and rates of injury related emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths by cause of injury in Ontario.
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Fall-related injuries in young children 0-6 years (2017)
This November 2017 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass presents emergency department visit data for injuries related to falls for children aged 0-6. It also includes environmental and behavioral strategies for parents and caregivers to help prevent falls in young children.
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Injuries from falls involving skateboards and in-line skates (2017)
This June 2017 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass presents emergency department visit data for injuries related to falls involving skateboards and in-line skates for those 0-14 years, as well as strategies to prevent injuries resulting from a fall.
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Injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning in Ontario (2017)
In this report, we examine Emergency Department (ED) visits for injuries related to carbon monoxide poisoning in Ontario between 2011-2015, as well as provide some in depth analysis for 2015, the latest year of data available when this report was prepared.
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Injuries from falls on stairs in Ontario (2016)
This December 2016 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass presents emergency visit data for injuries related to falls on stairs as well as leading strategies to prevent these falls from occurring.
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Young driver injuries in Ontario (2016)
This September 2016 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass presents emergency visit data for motor vehicle collisions where the injured person was the driver of the vehicle and between the ages of 16 and 24. It also highlights prevention strategies targeting young and inexperienced drivers.
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Child injuries in Ontario: At home, at play and on the road (2016)
This May 2016 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass uses emergency department visit and hospital discharge data to present child injury counts and rates, leading causes of injury and key resources for injury prevention. It also includes a special focus on Parachute Safe Kids Week.
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Falls from ladders among Ontario adults (2015)
Using Ontario emergency department visit and hospital discharge data, this December 2015 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass presents injury data for ladder-related falls, with a focus on adults aged 45-64. It also highlights prevention strategies to address the issue.
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Bicycling-related ED visits in Ontario: A focus on children and youth (2015)
Using emergency department (ED) visit data for Ontario, this issue of the Ontario Injury Compass discusses characteristics of bicycle-related injuries in children and youth. The report also highlights evidence-informed prevention strategies for this injury issue.
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Trauma hospitalizations in Ontario (2015)
Based on data collected at Ontario’s Lead Trauma Hospitals, this issue of the Ontario Injury Compass presents counts and characteristics for hospitalizations due to traumatic injury in Ontario. The report also highlights evidence-informed prevention strategies for this injury issue.
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Fall-related head injuries in adults 65 and over (2015)
Using Ontario emergency department (ED) visit and hospital discharge data, this September 2015 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass discusses risk factors for fall-related head injuries in older adults, as well as evidence-based fall prevention practices.
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Skiing, snowboarding and sledding: Alpine sports injuries in Ontario (2015)
Based on Ontario emergency department (ED) data, this September 2015 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass explores the causes and risk factors for injuries, as well as the most common types of injuries seen in EDs, in relation to skiing, snowboarding and sledding in Ontario.
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Distracted driving in Ontario (2014)
Based on OPP data, this special issue (October 2014) of the Ontario Injury Compass explores factors in distracted driving collisions, as well as the overall primary causes of collisions on OPP jurisdiction roads.
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Suicide mortality in Ontario (2014)
This September 2014 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass looks at suicide fatalities in Ontario and suicide risk factors, and highlights prevention strategies.
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Agricultural fatalities in Ontario: 1990-2011 (2014)
Agricultural injury is an important issue affecting Ontario residents living and working on the province’s over 50,000 farms. This July 2014 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass looks at agricultural fatalities and discusses prevention strategies including roll-over protective structures, age-appropriate work and occupational health and safety practices for farms.
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Drowning-related ED visits in Ontario: A focus on infants, children and youth (2014)
Drowning is an important issue for Ontario residents as we move into the summer months. This issue looks at ED visits associated with drowning, and discusses important prevention strategies such as improved legislation for pool fencing, lifejackets, adult supervision, CPR, and swimming lessons.
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Transport-related injuries in Ontario (2014)
This March 2014 issue of the Ontario Injury Compass overviews transport injury data to assist healthcare and injury prevention practitioners in addressing this injury issue.
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