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Author: Reinhold Muller
ISBN 0 9579788 2 0
Injury is one of five national health priority areas identified by Australian Health Ministers.
Injury mortality and morbidity rates in North Queensland are significantly higher than the
Queensland average, which, in turn, exceed the national average. Although the high morbidity rates in North Queensland have been attributed to an increased risk of injury in rural areas, the rates in the Mackay and Moranbah Health Service Districts (throughout this monograph referred to as the Mackay Region), which are the highest in North Queensland, cannot be explained by rurality.
The high injury rates reflected by routine statistics prompted the Emergency Department staff in the Mackay Region to commence collecting Level 2 National Data Set - Injury Surveillance data in September 1997. Emergency Departments from all six public hospitals in the Mackay and Moranbah Health Service Districts now participate in collecting enhanced injury surveillance data on behalf of the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit. In 2000 the Mackay Mater Private Hospital's After-hours Medical Clinic was included in the network.
The potential value of a community-based safety promotion network in the area was
recognised in 1999 by the Tropical Public Health Unit and the Mackay/Whitsunday Safe
Community Project was launched in February 2000. The Mackay Region is an ideal site for
the safe communities initiative as this approach has proven particularly successful in small regional centres with relatively stable populations and a strong community outlook, features which are present in the Mackay Region.
Academic rigour was injected into the initiative in 1999 with the forging of a partnership
between James Cook University’s Injury Research Group, the Mackay Health Service District and the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit. This partnership, the Mackay/Whitsunday Injury Research Collaboration, was created to perform detailed needs assessments for the
Mackay Region and to develop, implement and evaluate the strengths and limitations of
specific injury prevention programs. This collaboration should enable Mackay to provide a much-needed template for injury prevention in other rural Australian communities.
ISBN 0 9579788 2 0
Injury is one of five national health priority areas identified by Australian Health Ministers.
Injury mortality and morbidity rates in North Queensland are significantly higher than the
Queensland average, which, in turn, exceed the national average. Although the high morbidity rates in North Queensland have been attributed to an increased risk of injury in rural areas, the rates in the Mackay and Moranbah Health Service Districts (throughout this monograph referred to as the Mackay Region), which are the highest in North Queensland, cannot be explained by rurality.
The high injury rates reflected by routine statistics prompted the Emergency Department staff in the Mackay Region to commence collecting Level 2 National Data Set - Injury Surveillance data in September 1997. Emergency Departments from all six public hospitals in the Mackay and Moranbah Health Service Districts now participate in collecting enhanced injury surveillance data on behalf of the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit. In 2000 the Mackay Mater Private Hospital's After-hours Medical Clinic was included in the network.
The potential value of a community-based safety promotion network in the area was
recognised in 1999 by the Tropical Public Health Unit and the Mackay/Whitsunday Safe
Community Project was launched in February 2000. The Mackay Region is an ideal site for
the safe communities initiative as this approach has proven particularly successful in small regional centres with relatively stable populations and a strong community outlook, features which are present in the Mackay Region.
Academic rigour was injected into the initiative in 1999 with the forging of a partnership
between James Cook University’s Injury Research Group, the Mackay Health Service District and the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit. This partnership, the Mackay/Whitsunday Injury Research Collaboration, was created to perform detailed needs assessments for the
Mackay Region and to develop, implement and evaluate the strengths and limitations of
specific injury prevention programs. This collaboration should enable Mackay to provide a much-needed template for injury prevention in other rural Australian communities.
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