JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research

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VISION Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live The Alberta government’s vision focuses on people, prosperity and preservation. Ultimately the desired future is that all Albertans are healthy and that Alberta is a healthy and prosperous province. The Alberta Injury Control Strategy contributes to the provincial vision by addressing injury issues in Alberta. By effectively addressing injuries, more Albertans will be able to live safe, healthy lives and be free from the impact of injuries. Making Alberta the safest place to live focuses attention on what each person, organization and community can do to prevent Albertans from being hurt or killed and to minimize the impact of injuries when they do occur. VALUES AND UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES • Injuries are predictable and preventable. Injury prevention focus and attitude. • The holistic needs of individuals, their families and their living environments are supported to achieve an optimal quality of life free from injury. Holistic focus on people and their environments. • All Albertans share responsibility for making Alberta the safest place to live. • All stakeholders work together in researching, identifying, targeting, planning, delivering and evaluating provincial and community injury control programs. • Multiple strategies involving education, enforcement, and engineering are necessary for effective injury prevention. • Individuals involved in injury control demonstrate evidence-based knowledge and skills and have access to required resources for effective injury control initiatives. • Quality prevention, emergency response, acute care and rehabilitation services are key to preventing injuries in the first place and in caring for and supporting the return of those injured to their family, workplace and community. • Evidence-based practices are integral to the planning, delivery and evaluation of Alberta’s injury control programs. Shared responsibility. Strong stakeholder coordination and collaboration. Multiple strategies. Competency and organizational capacity. Quality programs and services. Evidence-based practices. Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live 32
MISSION Contribute to a healthy Alberta and healthy Albertans by: − Engaging Albertans in making the injury issue a priority. − Reducing the frequency and severity of injuries in Alberta. − Reducing the impact of and improving the outcomes for those affected by injury. The mission emphasizes the priority areas of focus. Albertans are expected to embrace injury as an issue that warrants priority attention and action. Injuries are to be reduced in both their frequency and their severity by effective preventative initiatives. When injuries occur, those who are affected; the injured individuals, their families and others, are expected to receive quality treatment and rehabilitation. These three areas drive the strategic goals that follow. Making Alberta the Safest Place to Live 33
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Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Alberta Injury
Page 5 and 6: What are the injury control issues?
Page 7 and 8: Focus on the future—making Albert
Page 9 and 10: Outcome indicator Current status Ta
Page 11 and 12: Recommended Actions • Develop and
Page 13 and 14: Recommended Actions • Implement t
Page 15 and 16: Making Alberta the Safest Place to
Page 17 and 18: Figure 1 Injury control model BACKG
Page 19 and 20: PURPOSE OF THE ALBERTA INJURY CONTR
Page 21 and 22: Injuries may be further understood
Page 23 and 24: Table 2 (continued) Application of
Page 25 and 26: Table 3 Number of child injury deat
Page 27 and 28: Other highlights 10 specific to inj
Page 29 and 30: Challenge 2 Under-developed coordin
Page 31 and 32: Challenge 6 Limited research and pr
Page 33: Figure 3 Overview of the Alberta In
Page 37 and 38: Goal 1 Increase the awareness and c
Page 39 and 40: Goal 1 Objective 1.2 Increase the a
Page 41 and 42: Recommended Actions • Implement a
Page 43 and 44: Goal 3 Build and sustain the capaci
Page 45 and 46: Goal 5 Increase research and progra
Page 47 and 48: Goal 6 Optimize emergency response,
Page 49 and 50: Goal 6 Optimize emergency response,
Page 51 and 52: Making Alberta the Safest Place to
Page 53 and 54: • Community-based and not-for-pro
Page 55 and 56: − − Educate and train your work
Page 57 and 58: • Federal Government − − −
Page 59 and 60: • Facilitate stakeholder developm
Page 61 and 62: APPENDIX B Injuries know no boundar
Page 63 and 64: • Decrease the incidence of injur
Page 65 and 66: Injuries account for a significant
Page 67 and 68: Injury deaths Figure B-4 presents i
Page 69 and 70: Figure B-5 Rank order of injury cau
Page 71 and 72: Trends in injury mortality, hospita
Page 73 and 74: Injury hospitalizations and emergen
Page 75 and 76: Figure B-11 Rank order of injury ca
Page 77 and 78: Rank order of causes of emergency r
Page 79 and 80: OTHER INJURY DATA FOR ALBERTA Other
Page 81 and 82: • Four out of 10 First Nations pe
Page 83 and 84: Fire injuries Data on fires in Albe
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APPENDIX C 1 The technical definiti
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