Introduction

Foreword

This report covers the documentation of injury in some small remote indigenous communities on Cape York. It shows how a range of information gathering techniques can provide a profile of injury that complements existing data sets, identifies areas where under-counting is likely in those collections, and provides a rich basis for the planning of injury prevention strategies at the local and regional level.

The Cairns-based Tropical Public Health Unit of Queensland Health prepared the report through the work of the Project Officer, Mr Douglas Gladman, supported by a steering group led by Dr Robyn McDermott. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's National Injury Surveillance Unit and the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services funded the project. Mr Jerry Moller managed the project at NISU.

It is hoped that the report will assist indigenous people and others to better understand injuries in the indigenous communities of Australia, as a basis for better prevention.

• Steering Committee
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Background
• Summary of Findings
• Conclusions
• Injury Surveillance Issues in Remote Aboriginal Communities
• Networking & Ice Breaking