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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 Singh1, 2

Lauren V Fortington2, Helen Thompson3, Caroline F Finch2

1School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Federation University Australia 2Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University Australia 3Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) , Federation University Australia

Research aim

• 1. To assess relative injury burden

across geographic regions,

• 2. To generate idea or hypothesis prior

to confirmatory epi studies

• 3. To identify priority areas to prioritise

public health interventions

Data

Sport/leisure injury hospitalisation data from Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU) for the year 2005-2014 inclusive

Analysis

EB smoothed injury hospitalisation rates for all Victorian LGAs Moran’s I and and Getis-Ord Gi* for spatial autocorrelation test and identification of hotspots and coldspots

Results

Figure 1: Hotspots and coldspots of overall sport/leisure injury hospitalisation rates Figure 2: Hotspots and coldspots of 1) Australian football 2) Soccer 3) Basketball 4) Cricket, injury hospitalisation rates

• 1. Australian football
• 2. Soccer
• 3. Basketball
• 4. Cricket

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
• f 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