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Gaps in the evidence for interventions in global drowning research.
Inj Prev
January 2025
George Institute for Global Health, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Background: Since 2014, drowning has received increased political attention. Translating this political commitment to saving lives needs policy-supported evidence-informed interventions. An evidence gap map (EGM) was developed, which aims to facilitate the strategic prioritisation of future research and efficient commissioning of interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHow the Covid-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the issue of active mobility and co-benefits in Latin American cities.
Salud Publica Mex
June 2022
University of New South Wales, School of Population Health. Sydney, Australia/WHO Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Trauma Care. Sydney, Australia/The George Institute for Global Health. Sydney, Australia.
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the fore many issues that will impact public health for years to come -one such impact is on the nexus between transportation and health. Promoting safe, active transport is an activity that has many physical and mental health benefits. During lockdowns, many cities in Latin America imposed infrastructural and legislative changes in order to abide with public health and social mea-sures to reduce virus spread.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhere to from here? A quality improvement project investigating burns treatment and rehabilitation practices in India.
BMC Res Notes
April 2018
The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Level 5, 1 King Street Newtown, Sydney, 2042, Australia.
Article Synopsis
- The Indian healthcare system faces challenges in effectively treating and rehabilitating burn injuries, as identified through consultative meetings with health professionals across seven hospitals in four states.
- Key issues include a lack of community awareness regarding burn first aid, insufficient trained personnel in hospitals, gaps in medical staff training, inadequate hospital infrastructure, and inconsistent treatment practices among facilities.
- Opportunities for improvement involve fostering multidisciplinary care and further research to create tailored burn care models that can be seamlessly integrated into the existing healthcare framework in India.
Economic Burden of Hospitalization Due to Injuries in North India: A Cohort Study.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
July 2016
The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney 2000, Australia.
There is little documentation of the potential catastrophic effects of injuries on families due to out of pocket (OOP) expenditure for medical care. Patients who were admitted for at least one night in a tertiary care hospital of Chandigarh city due to injury were recruited and were followed-up at 1, 2 and 12 months after discharge to collect information on OOP expenditure. Out of the total 227 patients, 60% (137/227) had sustained road traffic injuries (RTI).
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