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New National Injury Prevention Advisory Council (NIPAC)

The National Injury Prevention Council (NIPAC) was established in late 1997 to provide high level, independent advice to the Department of Health and Family Services, the National Health Priority Committee and the National Public Health Partnership Group. It will also be a source of advice to other areas in the Department such as the NHMRC.

NIPAC draws on the expertise and experience of people from a range of sectors and interests in injury prevention. The membership comprises injury prevention managers from State/Territory health departments, as well as practitioners and researchers from a variety of fields and sectors with an interest in injury prevention. This composition ensures that links are maintained between the Commonwealth and the States/Territories, and acknowledges the significant role these governments play in injury prevention. It also strengthens the partnerships that have developed across the different sectors in the injury prevention constituency.

Areas of interest across the Council include occupational health, farm, sport, and child safety, transport, safe communities and local government. Both the Australian Injury Prevention Network and the Public Health Association's Injury Special Interest Group are represented. The Interim Chair is Ian Scott from Kidsafe.

At its inaugural meeting in Canberra on 23-24 October 1997 NIPAC prepared the following statement of its role:

To work towards a reduction in the incidence, severity and cost of injury in Australia. NIPAC will do this through promoting:

  • a greater awareness of the significance and cost of injury; and
  • the potential for preventing many injuries.

The Council also established two Task Groups: the Research and Development Task Group and the National Injury Prevention Strategy Task Group. These groups have commenced work and will be reporting to the next meeting which is to be held in Canberra on 29 and 30 April 1998.

NIPAC membership

Nominated members:

Dr Jane Elkington
injury consultant, New South Wales

Dr Lyn Fragar
Director, Agricultural Health Unit, New South Wales

Mr Henk Harberts
Safe Communities Coordinator, La Trobe Shire Council, Victoria (Representing the Australian Injury Prevention Network)

A/Prof James Harrison
Director, Research Centre for Injury Studies, Flinders University of South Australia

Dr Michael Henderson
New South Wales, (Chair, Australian Advisory Committee on Road Trauma)

Ms Fran McFadzen
Health Promotion Coordinator, Central Public Health Unit, Queensland, (Convenor, Public Health Association, Injury Prevention, Special Interest Group)

Mr Jerry Moller
Epidemiologist and policy analyst, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, South Australia

Dr Jim Nixon
Senior Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland

A/Prof Terry Nolan
Head, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria

Dr Robyn Norton
Director, Injury Prevention Research Centre, Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Prof Joan Ozanne-Smith
Head, Injury Prevention Research Group, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria

Mr Ian Scott
Kidsafe, the Child Accident Prevention Foundation Australia, Victoria

Prof Peter Vulcan
Director, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria

Dr Ann Williamson
Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, New South Wales

Ex officio members:

Ms Pam Albany
NSW Health

Mr Jeff Allen
Health Department of Queensland

Dr John Condon
Territory Health Services

Dr Margaret Dorsch
Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services

Ms Deborah Hamilton
ACT Department of Health & Community Care

Dr Ron Somers
SA Health Commission

Dr Margaret Stevens
WA Health Department

Ms Catherine Thompson
Health Department of Victoria

Ms Jennifer Ejlat
Department Community & Health Services, Tasmania

Enquiries concerning the NIPAC should be addressed to

Mary Sexton at the Department of Health and Family Services,
Tel: 02 6289 8074; Fax: (02) 6289 7104;
E-mail: mary.sexton@health.gov.au


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