Evidence/ guidelines including National and State plans/ guidelines

This section includes current state and national plans and guidelines related to falls prevention.

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The National guidelines ‘Preventing falls and harm from falls in older people: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Hospitals, Residential Aged Care Facilities and Community Care 2009’, was developed to reduce the number of falls experienced by older people in care and the harm endured from them.

The guidelines are designed to inform clinical practice and assist hospitals, residential aged care facilities and community care providers develop and implement practices that reduce the falls experienced by those receiving care and the harm sustained from falls.

National Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Plan

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The National Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Plan: 2004-2014(400KB) encompasses the concepts of safety promotion and injury prevention. It examines unintentional injury, self-harm and harm to others.

The vision for the Plan is to have:

  • Governments, private sector and communities working together to ensure that people in Australia have the greatest opportunity to live in a safe environment free from the impact of injuries
  • Goals to create safe environments and also to achieve a positive safety culture

National ATSI Safety Promotion Strategy

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The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Safety Promotion Strategy(320KB) identifies specific issues and principles that must be implemented to enhance the effectiveness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander safety promotion and injury prevention activities. It is a partner document to the National Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Plan – 2004-2014, and together they represent a comprehensive strategic approach to issues of safety in Australia.

The causes of injury to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are diverse, and the relationships complex. Many factors related to injury and safety are also relevant to environmental management, transport, crime, family breakdown, and property damage, and require collaborative approaches to these issues across governments and sectors.

Despite this complexity, recent evidence, cited throughout this strategy, shows that safety promotion and injury prevention initiatives that are well planned, appropriately implemented, and adequately resourced can significantly reduce the effects of injury on individuals and communities.