- Title
- Spatial epidemiology : A new approach for understanding and preventing sport injuries
- Creator
- Singh, Himalaya; Fortington, Lauren; Eime, Rochelle; Thompson, Helen; Finch, Caroline
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/155361
- Identifier
- vital:11298
- Identifier
- ISSN:1327-8835
- Abstract
- In order to develop effective strategies to prevent sports injuries, we need to have an understanding of the people and populations who are most at risk of injury as well as the risk factors associated with sustaining injury. Spatial epidemiology is a method used to address questions of when, where, to whom and how health outcomes such as sports injuries occur at a population level, taking into account geographic variation. The aim of this article is to outline the potential application of spatial epidemiology to achieve a better understanding of sports injuries to inform prevention strategies.
- Publisher
- Australasian Epidemiological Association
- Relation
- Australasian Epidemiologist Vol. 22, no. 1 (2015), p. 32-34; http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1058737
- Rights
- Copyright © Australasian Epidemiological Association
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Sports injuries; Spatial behavior; Epidemiology; Diseases; 1103 Clinical Sciences; 1117 Public Health and Health Services
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