Injury Prevention

To read a perspective on the Economic Burden of Injury in Canada in The Globe and Mail by Andre Picard, see http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/accidents-cost-economy-198-bi....

Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre helps injury prevention practitioners reduce injury in Ontario. The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada, SMARTRISK report is available on the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre website at http://www.oninjuryresources.ca/news_archive/canadas_injury_burden_almos...

Contents

I Introduction
II About the report
III Next steps: Using the report
IV Conclusion

--submitted by Kathy Blair, Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre, SMARTRISK

I Introduction

A major new Canadian research document outlining the high cost of injury in this country is now available. The following article offers an overview of the recently released report, The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada, published by SMARTRISK.

180 Dundas Street West

Toronto, ON M5G 1Z8

Tel: 1-888-SAFE TIPS (723-3847) or (416) 813-6766

Fax: (416) 813-4986
safekids.web@sickkids.ca
 

I Introduction

II Scope of the Problem

III Risk Reduction Approaches

IV The I Promise Program

V Program Development and Description

VI Research

VII Conclusion

VIII References

- by Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW, Executive Director, I Promise Program, gary123@sympatico.ca

If you have a resource or point of view to add to this article, let us know by writing to editor@ohpe.ca. More information on our Letters to the Editor column can be found in the OHPE News section of OHPE 268.0 (http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/ ViewAnnouncements.cfm?ISSUE_ID=268&startrow=1).