Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

 

The research of the injury epidemiology and prevention group focuses on:

• evaluating the effect of interventions to reduce injuries through the use of randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews
  
• the epidemiology of injuries, including exploring social variations in injury risk
  
• developing methodology in injury prevention research
  

Informing Policy

Our work has informed the Children’s Plan from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, home safety recommendations in the European Child Safety Alliance “Child Safety Good Practice Guide” and the World Health Organisation's World Report on Child Injury Prevention .

Miskin Group

We are part of the UK-wide injury researchers’ collaboration which has led to collaboration on multi-centre RCTs, cohort studies and controlled before-and-after studies, as well as a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.