The University of New South Wales Injury Risk Management Research Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Kidsafe NSW, the Commissioner for Children and Young People and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead conducted a one day workshop on Child Risk, Safety, and Injury Prevention.

The workshop was designed to build on the momentum of the World Health Organisation and UNICEF World Report on Child Injury Prevention and highlight the importance of child safety and injury prevention. See link to WHO report herehttp://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/child/injury/world_report/en/index.html

The following documents have been provided for download, for the benefit of those who were unable to attend or might be interested in the topic.

• Speakers' biographies


• Bibliography


• Improving Outcomes of High Performance Paediatric Teams - Prof. Paul Barach, Injury Risk Management Research Centre, UNSW


• Busting the Bindeez - Dr Kevin Carpenter, Biochemical Genetics, Westmeand Children's Hospital & USYD


• Engineered solution to childhood sports injury - Assoc. Prof. David Eager, Engineering, UTS


• Linking Quality and Safety for Improved Outcomes in Children - Assoc. Prof. Julie K. Johnson, Fac. of Medicine, UNSW


• Sport and Recreational Injury Prevention - Assoc. Prof. Andrew McIntosh, School of Risk and Safety Sciences, UNSW


• Child Injury Surveillance - Dr. Rebecca Mitchell, Injury Risk Management Research Centre, UNSW


• Sport Injury Epidemiology Overview - Dr Shauna Sherker, Injury Risk Management Research Centre, UNSW


• Inquiries, Commissions, and Taskforces: the Reform Agenda for 2009 and beyond - Prof. Les White, Sydney Children's Hospital


• Child Drowning and Prevention - Prof. Anne Williamson, Dept. of Aviation, UNSW