A framework for identifying opportunities for multisectoral action for drowning prevention in health and sustainable development agendas: a multimethod approach.

Introduction: The 2023 World Health Assembly resolution 76.18 committed the World Health Organization to the coordination of drowning prevention efforts, including those of United Nations (UN) agencies. Here, we aim to map drowning prevention linkages across UN Agency agendas, make recommendations to guide global strategies and inform the development of the Global Alliance and a Global Strategy for drowning prevention.

Context of water transport related drownings in Bangladesh: a qualitative study.

Background: Bangladesh has one of the highest drowning mortality rates in the world. The use of unregulated water transportation may contribute to this burden, with 38% of all passenger traffic occurring by water. The present study aims to identify provider and end user perception on water transport related drowning risk, and barriers and facilitators for improving water safety practices.

Trends in recruitment of women and reporting of sex differences in large-scale published randomized controlled trials in stroke.

Background: Understanding of sex differences, especially in terms of the influence of sex on therapeutic interventions, can lead to improved treatment and management for all.

Aim: We examined temporal and regional trends in female participation and the reporting of sex differences in stroke randomized controlled trials.

Methods: Randomized controlled trials from 1990 to 2018 were identified from ClinicalTrials.

Exploring the impact, response and preparedness to water-related natural disasters in the Barisal division of Bangladesh: a mixed methods study.

Objectives: To investigate the impact of natural disasters on communities in the Barisal division of Bangladesh, exploring community approaches to disaster preparedness and mitigation.

Setting: Communities in all districts of the Barisal division of Bangladesh.

Participants: Quantitative data were collected through a cross-sectional household survey (n=9263 households; n=38 981 individuals).

The impact and understanding of childhood drowning by a community in West Bengal, India, and the suggested preventive measures.

Aim: Our aim was to improve our understanding of the contextual factors contributing to child drowning in rural West Bengal, India.

Methods: This 2017 study used interviews, focus groups and observations and the participants included community leaders, household heads, parents and children aged 7-17 years from three remote villages. They included adults and children who had been directly affected by the loss of family members or friends.

Monitoring Injuries Associated with Mandated Children's Products in Australia: What Can the Data Tell Us?

Mandatory standard regulation is used within Australia to ensure the safety of consumer products, preventing product-related injury. Standard regulation is particularly important for products designed for use by children, who are highly vulnerable to sustaining product-related injuries due to their small size and inability to identify product hazards. This project aims to investigate how effectively information regarding product-related injuries is able to be captured within Australian health and coronial data.

Participant preferences for an Aboriginal-specific fall prevention program: Measuring the value of culturally-appropriate care.

Background: Culturally-specific services are central to efforts to improve the health of Aboriginal Australians. Few empirical studies have demonstrated the value of such services relative to mainstream alternatives.

Objective: To assess the preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) of participants for attending a class and the relative importance of transport, cost and cultural-appropriateness in the choices made by participants.

The Ironbark program: Implementation and impact of a community-based fall prevention pilot program for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Aim: To document the implementation and investigate within-group impact of The Ironbark Program: a community-based, Aboriginal-specific fall prevention program, in New South Wales, Australia.

Methods: The Ironbark Program was trialled in six Aboriginal communities over a three- to six-month period. A mixed methods approach was used for program evaluation: strength, balance and gait were assessed to measure participant physical function and BMI was monitored.

First Nation Elders' perspectives on healthy ageing in NSW, Australia.

Objectives: Healthy ageing has been unattainable for many of Australia's First Nation people, driven by an earlier onset of chronic disease when compared to the general Australian population. Our objective was to examine the perspectives of Australian First Nation people about healthy ageing.

Methods: We used a conversational method to gather knowledge from older First Nation people from established communities in New South Wales, Australia.

Systematic review of drowning in India: assessment of burden and risk.

Aim: To examine the burden and risk factors for fatal and non-fatal drowning in India.

Methods: Relevant literature was identified through a systematic search of 19 electronic databases and 19 national and global, institutional, organisational and government sources of injury data. Search terms used pertained to drowning, injury, trauma, morbidity and mortality in India.

Rehabilitation practices for burn survivors in low and middle income countries: A literature review.

Objective: To systematically review the delivery and effectiveness of rehabilitation for burn survivors in low and middle income countries (LMIC).

Methods: We systematically searched the literature through 11 electronic databases and the reference lists of relevant studies. Studies were suitable for inclusion if they were primary research with a focus on burns rehabilitation in LMIC settings describing either service delivery or treatment effectiveness.

Risk factors for falls among older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in urban and regional communities.

Objective: To examine associations between fall risk factors identified previously in other populations and falls among Aboriginal people aged 60 years and older, living in New South Wales, Australia.

Methods: Interviews were conducted with older Aboriginal people in five urban and regional communities. Associations between past falls and 22 fall predictor variables were examined using linear and multiple regression analyses.

Yarning about fall prevention: community consultation to discuss falls and appropriate approaches to fall prevention with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Background: Fall related injury is an emerging issue for older Indigenous people worldwide, yet few targeted fall prevention programs are currently available for Indigenous populations. In order to inform the development of a new Aboriginal-specific fall prevention program in Australia, we conducted community consultation with older Aboriginal people to identify perceptions and beliefs about falls, and to identify desired program elements.

Methods: Yarning Circles were held with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 45 years and over.

Fall-related hospitalisations of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

Objectives: To compare the socio-demographic characteristics and type of injury sustained, the use of hospital resources and rates of hospitalisation by injury type, and survival following fall injuries to older Aboriginal people and non-Indigenous Australian people hospitalised for fall-related injuries.

Design: Population-based retrospective cohort data linkage study. Setting, participants: New South Wales residents aged 50 years or more admitted to a public or private NSW hospital for a fall-related injury during 1 January 2003 - 31 December 2012.

Fall prevention services for older Aboriginal people: investigating availability and acceptability.

Background: Falls and fall-related injury are emerging issues for older Aboriginal people. Despite this, it is unknown whether older Aboriginal people access available fall prevention programs, or whether these programs are effective or acceptable to this population.

Objective: To investigate the use of available fall prevention services by older Aboriginal people and identify features that are likely to contribute to program acceptability for Aboriginal communities in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Risk factors, incidence, consequences and prevention strategies for falls and fall-injury within older indigenous populations: a systematic review.

Objective: To examine the risk factors, incidence, consequences and existing prevention strategies for falls and fall-related injury in older indigenous people.

Methods: Relevant literature was identified through searching 14 electronic databases, a range of institutional websites, online search engines and government databases, using search terms pertaining to indigenous status, injury and ageing.

Results: Thirteen studies from Australia, the United States, Central America and Canada were identified.