Injury Prevention Across the Life Span

IPALS Publications

Publications

Presentations

• IPALS OVERVIEW (PDF, 137K)
• Validation of the GALS (Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine) Examination for Use by Family Physicians (September 2007)
  Beattie, K. Department of Medicine, McMaster University.  Presented at Family Practice Rounds, Stonechurch Family Health Centre on Upper Ottawa
• A survey of nursing home staff on prevention of fractures: Results of hip protector analyses
  Sawka AM. Presented to Long Term Care Facilities in Simcoe County, Ontario (August 2006)
• A survey of nursing home staff on prevention of fractures: Results of hip protector analyses. 
  Sawka AM, Nixon M, Ranford J, Giangregorio L, Thabane L, Adachi JD, Gafni A,  Goeree R, Raina P,  Straus S, and Papaioannou A.  Poster presentation (August 2006)
• Meta-analysis of low back pain studies: A proposal for classifying outcome definitions
  Lauren Griffith, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, IPALS Symposium 2006, Alliston, ON.
• Mothers’ description of children’s injury and near injury events: a discourse analysis
  Lise Olsen, University of British Columbia, Vancouver ON, IPALS Symposium 2006, Alliston, ON.
• Current and Future Directions in Pedestrian Safety Research
  Benjamin Barton, University of Guelph, Guelph ON, IPALS Symposium 2006, Alliston, ON.
• Children’s Posture at Computer Workstations
  Carol Murphy, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, IPALS Symposium 2006, Alliston, ON.
• Workplace research supported by and related to IPALS
  Curtis Breslin, Institute of Work and Health, Toronto, ON, IPALS Symposium 2006, Alliston, ON.
• Hip fracture prevention in elderly nursing home residents
  Anna Sawka, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, IPALS Symposium 2006, Alliston, ON.
• Development of evidence-based education training modules using mechanical lifting devices to prevent low back injury in entry level healthcare workers
  Lina Santaguida, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, IPALS Symposium 2006, Alliston, ON.
• Increasing Children’s Safe Pedestrian Behaviours Through Simple Skills Training (PDF, 70K) : Benjamin Barton, Post-doctoral fellow, University of Guelph.
• Injury Prevention Across The Life Span (IPALS)
  Parminder Raina, Colin Macarthur and IPALSTeam
  Poster presented at the 2005 Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (November 2005)
• Increasing children’s safe pedestrian behaviours through simple skills training.
  Barton, B. K., Schwebel, D. C., & Morrongiello, B. A. (November 2005). Poster presented at the 2005 Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Understanding Mothers’ Efforts to Safeguard Children in the Home Environment
  Olsen, L. (November 2005).Oral presentation at the 2005 Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Papers

• Barton, B. K., & Schwebel, D. C. (in press). A contextual approach to the etiology and prevention of children's unintentional injuries. Health Psychology Review.
• Barton, B. K., & Schwebel, D. C. (in press). The roles of age, gender, inhibitory control, and parental supervision in children's pedestrian safety. Journal of Pediatric Psychology
• Barton, B. K., & Schwebel, D. C. (2007). The influence of age, gender, and temperament on children's selection of risky pedestrian routes. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32, 343-353.
• Barton, B. K., Schwebel, D. C., & Morrongiello, B. A. (2007). Brief report: Increasing children's safe pedestrian behaviors through simple skills training. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32, 475-480.
• Breslin, C., Polzer, J., MacEachen, E., Morrongiello, B.,A., & Shannon, H. (2007). Workplace injury or “part of the job”? Towards a gendered understanding of injuries and complaints among young workers. Social Science & Medicine, 64, 782-793.
• Emery, C., Hagel, B., & Morrongiello, B.A. (2007). Injury prevention in child and adolescent sport: Whose responsibility is it? Canadian Journal of Sports Medicine, 16, 514-521.
• Griffith LE. Hogg-Johnson S. Cole DC. Krause N. Hayden J. Burdorf A. Leclerc A. Coggon D. Bongers P. Walter SD. Shannon HS. (2007) Meta-Analysis of Pain in the Lower Back and Work Exposures (MAPLE) Collaborative Group. Low-back pain definitions in occupational studies were categorized for a meta-analysis using Delphi consensus methods. [Journal Article. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't] Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 60(6):625-33.
• Sawka, A., Nixon, M., Giangregorio, L., Thebane, L., Adachi, J., Gafni, A., Goeree, R., Raina, P., Ranford, J., Papaioannou, A. (2007). The use of Hip Protectors in Long-term Care Facilities:  A Survey of Nursing Home Staff.  Journal of American Medical Directors Association, 8: 229–232. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.023
• Khambalia, A., Brussoni, M., Raina, P., Morrongiello, B., & Macarthur, C. (2006). A systematic review of unintentional fall injuries in children birth to six years. Part I: Risk and protective factors. Injury Prevention, 12, 378-381.
• Barton, B. K. (2006). Integrating selective attention into developmental pedestrian safety research. Canadian Psychology, 47, 3, 203-210.
• Macpherson AK, Rothman L, Howard AW. Body Checking Rules and Childhood Injuries in Ice Hockey. Pediatrics 2006
• Howard AW, Macarthur C, William A, Rothman L, Moses-McKeag A, Macpherson AK. The effect of safer playground equipment on playground injury rates among children. 2005; CMAJ: 172 (11): 1443
• Santaguida PL, Pierrynowski M, Goldsmith C, Fernie G. Comparison of cumulative low back loads of caregivers when transferring patients using overhead and floor mechanical lifting devices. Journal of Clinical Biomechanics 2005;20:906-916.
• Cullen KL, Williams RM, Shannon HS, Westmorland M, Amick III BC. Workplace organizational policies and practices in Ontario educational facilities. J Occ Rehab 2005; Vol 15(3):417-433.
• Sawka A, Boulos P, Beattie K, Thabane L, Papaioannou A, Gafni A, Cranney A, Zytaruk N, Hanley D, Adachi JD. Do Hip Protectors Decrease the Risk of Hip Fracture in Institutional and Community Dwelling Elderly? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Osteoporosis International, March 8, 2005. Epub ahead of print PMID:15754080.
• Morrongiello BA. (2005). The Role of Supervision in Child‑Injury Risk: Assumptions, issues, findings, and future directions. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30, 536‑552.
• Morrongiello BA, Kiriakou S. (2005). Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Single‑Session School‑Based Program to Increase Seat Belt and Pedestrian Safety Knowledge Among Elementary‑School Children. Injury Control & Safety Promotion, 13, 15‑26.
• Morrongiello BA, Sedore L. (2005). The influence of child attributes and social‑situational context on school‑age children's risk‑taking behaviors that can lead to injury. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 26, 347‑361.
• Morrongiello BA, Corbett, M. (2004). The Parent Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire (PSAPQ): A measure of supervision that is relevant for understanding children's risk of unintentional injury. Injury Prevention 2004;10:114-118
• Howard AW. Children, automobile restraints and injuries. Paediatrics and Child Health. 2000 (5): 24-30.
• Morrongiello BA, & Dawber, T. (2004). Social and cognitive influences on school-age children’s risk-taking decisions. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 36, 255‑266.
• Morrongiello BA, & Kiriakou, S. (2004). Parents’ home-safety practices for preventing six types of childhood injuries: What do they do, and why? Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
• Morrongiello BA, & House, K. (2004) Measuring parent attributes and supervision behaviors relevant to child-injury risk: Examining the usefulness of questionnaire measures. Injury Prevention, 10, 114 - 118.
• Morrongiello BA. (2004). Do children’s intentions to risk take relate to actual risk taking? Injury Prevention, 10, 62 - 64.
• Shannon HS, Vidmar M. How low can they go? Potential for reduction in work injury rates. Injury Prevention 2004;10:292-295.
• Macpherson AK, Parkin PC, To T, Wright J, Chipman M, Macarthur C. Urban-rural differences in children’s bicycle-related injuries. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2004;36:649-654
• MacKay M, Scanlan A, Olsen L, Reid D, Clark M, McKim K, & Raina P. (2004). Looking for the evidence: A systematic review of prevention strategies addressing sport and recreational injury among children and youth. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 7(1), 58-73.
• Olsen L, Scanlan A, MacKay M, Babul S, Reid D, Clark M, & Raina P. (2004). Strategies for prevention of soccer related injuries: a systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 38: 89-94
• Raina P, Massfeller H, Macarthur C. Athletic Therapy and Injury Prevention: Evidence-based Practice. Athletic Therapy, Vol. 9, No. 6 November 2004. Goddard MJ, Mowat D, Corbett C, Neudorf C, Raina P and Sahai V. The impacts of knowledge management and information technology advances on public health decision making in 2010. Health Informatics Journal, Vol 10(2): 111-120, 2004.
• Papaioannou A, Parkinson W, Cook R, Ferko N, Coker E, Adachi JD. Prediction of Falls Using a Risk Assessment Tool in the Acute Care Setting. BMC Geriatric Med.2004;2(1):1.
• Birken CS, Macarthur C. Socioeconomic status and injury risk in children Paediatrics and Child Health, May/June 2004, Volume 9, Number 5: 323-325
• Macpherson AK, Rothman L, Moses-McKeag A, Howard, A.Mechanism of Injury Affects Six Month Functional Outcome in Children Hospitalized Because of Severe Injuries. Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care, 2003;55(3):454-458
• Macpherson AK, To TM, Macarthur C, Chipman M, Wright J. and Parkin P. Impact of mandatory helmet legislation on childhood bicycle-related head injuries: A population-based study. Pediatrics 2002;110;e60
• Desapriya, E., Pike, I., Raina, P., Severity of alcohol related motor vehicle crashes in British Columbia-Case control study. Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion, Vol 13, No 2, June 2006, 89-94.
• Raina, P., Massfeller, H., Macarthur, C., Athletic Therapy and Injury Prevention: Evidence-based Practice. Athletic Therapy, Vol. 9, No. 6 November 2004.
• Olsen, L., Scanlan, A., MacKay, M., Babul, S., Reid, D., Clark, M., Raina, P. Strategies for prevention of soccer related injuries: a systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2004 38:89-94.
• MacKay, M., Scanlan, A., Olsen, L., Reid, D., Clark, M., McKim, K., Raina, P., Looking for the evidence: A systematic review of prevention strategies addressing sport and recreational injury among children and youth. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2004;7:1:58-73.

News

• Upcoming Injury Related Conferences are available via the links page.
• The 2007 Canadian Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Conference
  November 11-13, 2007
  Toronto, Ontario
  injuryresearch.bc.ca
• 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
  March 15-18, 2008
  Merida, Mexico
  safety2008mx.info/ing/