Where do sport and leisure injury prevention efforts need to be - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP) Where do sport and leisure injury prevention efforts need to be targeted? Himalaya Singh 1, 2 Lauren V Fortington 2 , Helen Thompson 3 , Caroline F Finch 2 1 School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Federation University Australia 2 Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University Australia 3 Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) , Federation University Australia

Research aim Data Analysis 1. To assess relative injury burden Sport/leisure injury hospitalisation EB smoothed injury hospitalisation across geographic regions, data from Victorian Injury rates for all Victorian LGAs Surveillance Unit (VISU) for the year 2. To generate idea or hypothesis prior Moran’s I and and Getis-Ord Gi* for to confirmatory epi studies 2005-2014 inclusive spatial autocorrelation test and identification of hotspots and 3. To identify priority areas to prioritise coldspots public health interventions 2. Soccer 1. Australian football Results 3. Basketball 4. Cricket Figure 2: Hotspots and coldspots of 1) Australian football 2) Soccer Figure 1: Hotspots and coldspots of overall sport/leisure 3) Basketball 4) Cricket, injury hospitalisation rates injury hospitalisation rates

Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP) Conclusions • The first study to have used these geospatial methods in sport/leisure injury in Australia • Considerable geographic variation with higher hospitalisation in Western-part of Victoria • By specific sports, high and low hospitalisation rates clustered in specific regions in Victoria • Geographic analysis of sport/leisure injuries is important to provide an evidence base for targeted injury prevention efforts