Incorporating the AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit
Injury Issues Monitor

The Monitor is published approximately three times annually providing a clearinghouse for information about developments in injury surveillance and prevention. It currently has a circulation of around 2000 individuals representing a diverse range of organisations and sectors with an interest in injury issues.

Note: The Injury Issues Monitor is produced in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. The Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from the Adobe website.

Issue: No 16 - March 1999.


In this issue...

  • The Health & Wellbeing of Australia's Children
  • 3rd National Injury Conference
  • Youth Boxing Controversy - ban in jurisdictions
  • NSW Scalds Prevention Campaign Evaluated
  • Mary gets a Gong
  • A sad goodbye ...
  • The South Australian Trauma Registry
  • Directory of Injury Personnel
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Timely data on suicides in South Australia
  • Surveillance of Aboriginal Injury in a NSW Community
  • Evaluation of SA's Graduated Driver Licensing Scheme
  • Product Safety in the Spotlight
  • Putting Kids in Car Seats--not the total solution?
  • Clinton's address on changes to child restraint standards
  • New Horizons for the Australian Standard for Child Restraints
  • Injury on the Internet
  • Helmets for skiers
  • Seniors' sporting injuries
  • Victorian Injury Initiative wins National Award
  • Lost in Translation
  • Rural Health Information--the Issues
  • MUNCCI on the move!
  • Work related injury deaths
  • Call for Abstracts
  • Something to read ...

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