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5 results foundAuthor: Wood, Sara Title: Injuries and Violence: Local Authority Indicators for the North West Summary: This report brings together a range of data sources available at a local authority (LA) level to explore the extent of injury and violence across the North West. It is an accompaniment to the recent series of eleven pocket booklets on injury and violence prevention published by the UK focal point for violence and injury prevention, and available to download at www.preventviolence.info. Reflecting the key injury and violence types covered by the booklets, this report explores data on: Road traffic accidents Falls in older people Burns Sports injuries Childhood injuries Child maltreatment Youth violence Sexual violence Intimate partner violence Elder abuse Self harm and suicide Seven data sources have been utilised: police reports, fire and rescue service data, ambulance callouts, accident and emergency department data, hospital admissions and deaths. Data sources and analyses are described in more detail in Table 1. This report presents data sheets (population-based rates or numbers) for each local authority. Data sheets are colour coded, highlighting where levels are statistically higher or lower than the North West average and where there are current gaps in data collection or availability. The data contained in this report is currently being developed into an online tool, which will allow more detailed information to be accessed by local authorities such as indicator rankings within the North West. Details: Liverpool: Liverpool John Moores University, Center for Public Health, 2011. 46p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 16, 2011 at: http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=710 Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=710 Shelf Number: 122751 Keywords: InjuriesViolence (U.K.)Violent Crime |
Author: Hosking, George Title: The WAVE Report 2005: Violence and What To Do About It Summary: Our seminal work - this report represents the culmination of 9 years of research into and study of the root causes of violent behaviour. The rising tide of violence in the UK, and elsewhere, is neither inevitable nor universal. Violence is a preventable disease. While it is one that is difficult to cure, prevention is relatively simple. Children who are loved well in infancy do not become violent teenagers or adults. Violence and what to do about it offers specific solutions designed to foster parental attunement to the needs of children, and the development of empathy in children towards the feelings of others. WAVE's research shows that the recommended interventions make a real and beneficial difference. A society that ignores such findings must be bent on self-destruction. The social costs of violence are some £20 billion a year - and countless damaged lives. This is a social evil that demands attention. This Report says what needs to be done, and who should do it. Details: Croyden, UK: WAVE Trust Limited, 2005. 97p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 31, 2011 at: http://www.wavetrust.org/sites/default/files/key_publications/wave_report_2005.pdf Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.wavetrust.org/sites/default/files/key_publications/wave_report_2005.pdf Shelf Number: 114872 Keywords: Violence (U.K.)Violent Crime |
Author: Quigg, Zara Title: Violence-Related Ambulance Call Outs in the North West of England 2010/2011 Summary: Data summary In 2010/11, the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) recorded 30,236 violence-related call outs, accounting for 3% of all ambulance call outs. The majority of patients were male and aged 18 to 34 years old. Peaks times for violence-related call outs were between 10pm and 3.59am on Fridays/Saturdays and Saturdays/Sundays. Overall, 13% of violence-related ambulance call outs were recorded as involving a weapon. Over a fifth (6%) were identified as domestic violence. The crude rate of violence-related ambulance call outs per 1,000 population across the North West was 4.4. Violence-related call out rates were significantly higher than the regional average in Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Burnley, Halton, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Rochdale, St. Helens and Tameside. For call outs recorded as stab/gunshot, Blackpool, Knowsley, Liverpool, Manchester and Salford had significantly higher rates than the regional average (0.3 per 1,000 population). Six in ten of all violence-related call outs were transferred to another healthcare provider (e.g. emergency department) for further assessment, and treatment if required. With the average cost of an emergency ambulance journey being around three hundred pounds, it is estimated that violence-related call outs cost NWAS over five million pounds in 2010/11. Details: Liverpool: North West Public Health Observatory, 2012. 19p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 30, 2012 at: http://www.nwph.net/nwpho/Publications/NWAS%20violence%20call%20outs%20March%202012.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.nwph.net/nwpho/Publications/NWAS%20violence%20call%20outs%20March%202012.pdf Shelf Number: 125803 Keywords: Emergency Calls, AmbulancesEmergency Medical ServicesHospitalsViolence (U.K.)Violence Prevention |
Author: Bellis, Mark A. Title: Protecting People, Promoting Health – A Public Health Approach to Violence prevention in England Summary: Preventing violence must be seen as a priority for public health, health care and multi-sectoral working in England. Violence is a major cause of ill health and poor wellbeing as well as a drain on health services and the wider economy. However, it is preventable using measures that save much more money than they cost to implement. Interventions, especially those in early childhood, not only prevent individuals developing a propensity for violence but also improve educational outcomes, employment prospects and long-term health outcomes. Abuse in childhood increases risks of violence in later life, but also risks of cancer, heart disease, sexually transmitted infections, substance use, and a wide range of health conditions that are currently stretching health care resources (see chapter 3). Moreover, without safe and secure communities, measures to encourage people to exercise, socialise or adopt more sustainable lifestyles (e.g. using public transport) are more likely to fail as people feel trapped in their houses and cars and unable to engage with local communities. Even broader economic inequalities can remain stubbornly entrenched when investment in the poorest communities is inhibited by risks of violence to staff and customers. The breadth of individuals and organisations affected by violence and the number that need to be coordinated in order to prevent it mean that public health is uniquely positioned to lead programmes on violence prevention, support the implementation of violence prevention activity by partner agencies and make a major contribution to integrated multi-agency working for violence prevention. This document is designed as a resource for those that wish to rise to this challenge. Details: London: Department of Health, 2012. 70p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 2, 2012 at: https://www.wp.dh.gov.uk/publications/files/2012/11/Violence-prevention.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.wp.dh.gov.uk/publications/files/2012/11/Violence-prevention.pdf Shelf Number: 126821 Keywords: Crime PreventionPublic Health InitiativesViolence (U.K.)Violence PreventionViolent Crime |
Author: Upton, Val Title: Violence-related Accident & Emergency Attendances by English Local Authority Area Summary: This report details the first full national violence-related Accident & Emergency (A&E) first attendance dataset by local authority in England. The report outlines the methodology used to create an experimental complete national dataset using the HES A&E Attendances in England (experimental statistics). This work has been undertaken to address data quantity and data quality issues in the HES A&E dataset. • A&E departments see many individuals involved with assaults that are not reported to the police. Therefore, this experimental national dataset has been created to enhance existing intelligence on police recorded violent crime at the local authority level using A&E department data, and explore the geographical inequalities in violence-related A&E attendances across England. • This resident based experimental analysis provides new intelligence for a variety of agencies working in violence prevention (local authorities, police, NHS Trusts, community safety partnerships, public health research, and the voluntary sector). • Across England, based on HES A&E (experimental) and imputed values, the model estimates that in the 12 month period April 2010 to March 2011 there were 189,672 violence-related A&E first attendances (360.1 per 100,000 resident population). • At the regional level, violence-related A&E first attendances are higher in the north of England compared to southern regions (with the exception of London). Across the English Regions the estimates range between 224.9 per 100,000 in the East of England and 512.2 per 100,000 in the North West. • The estimates highlight wide geographical variation in violence-related A&E first attendances across English local authorities, ranging from 54.9 per 100,000 in East Devon to 994.8 per 100,000 in Liverpool. • Residents of larger cities, smaller provincial towns and coastal towns experience higher levels of violence-related A&E first attendances (e.g. Preston 806.2 per 100,000; Middlesbrough 809.4 per 100,000; Blackpool 696.6 per 100,000) than less densely populated areas (e.g. Mid Devon 64.4 per 100,000; West Somerset 99.0 per 100,000). • There is a strong positive correlation between deprivation and violence-related A&E attendances (r = 0.74; p<0.001) indicating that A&E attendances rise with increasing levels of deprivation. • The relationship between levels of urbanity and violence-related A&E attendances is significant albeit weaker than for deprivation (r = 0.53; p <0.001) indicating that higher numbers of attendances are not exclusive to more densely populated areas, and that some predominantly rural areas experience high levels of violence-related attendances (e.g. Allerdale 310.6 per 100,000). However, at the local authority level, areas with the lower violence-related A&E first attendance rates were predominantly rural (e.g. West Devon 60.3 per 100,000; South Lakeland 69.4 per 100,000). a The data used in this study are restricted to ‘first attendances’ to avoid duplicates (e.g. a patient may attend A&E subsequent to their first attendance as a planned follow up appointment to have a dressing changed, or as an unplanned follow up attendance relating to the original reason for the first attendance). • Approximately 59% of the variance in A&E attendance rates across England can be explained by levels of deprivation or levels of urbanity, with deprivation (ß = 0.63) having a much greater influence on violence-related A&E attendances than population density (ß = 0.23). • There is a strong positive correlation between violence-related A&E attendances and police recorded violence against the person (with injury) figures (r = 0.86; p <0.001) indicating a close link between the rate of A&E assault attendances and more serious police recorded violence. There are more A&E assault presentations per police recorded assault with injury in the most deprived areas of England, compared to more affluent areas. The process to derive these estimates has identified both data quality and quantity issues (e.g. missing data, invalid data) within the published HES A&E national dataset (experimental). With increased use of the data (e.g. to inform local policy and target local interventions to prevent violence) reporting should improve and the data will become a valuable resource for public health and health care planners as well as for multi-agency working with police and other services. The NHS Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) 2013-16 proposes the use of violencerelated hospital admissions as an outcome measure of violent crime. Using hospital admissions data (HES) for the outcome measure does identify more serious violence-related incidents however A&E attendances could be more informative. Hospital admissions data has been used as part of this model using linear regression to predict missing and invalid A&E attendance data. As a key finding, the analysis in this report identifies that hospital admissions data are a strong predictor of A&E attendances, legitimising the use of violence-related hospital admissions as an interim PHOF measure while A&E data quality and quantity improves. The government is committed to the use of A&E department data to achieve a reduction in violence. A range of evidence based and cost effective violence prevention interventions can be delivered to at risk communities by health, educational and social support services. A&E data can form a critical part of targeting such interventions as well as providing additional intelligence to inform criminal justice activities. Details: Liverpool: North West Public Health Observatory, Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 2012. 45p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 4, 2013 at: http://www.cph.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Violence-related-Accident-Emergency-Attendances-front-page.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cph.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Violence-related-Accident-Emergency-Attendances-front-page.pdf Shelf Number: 128255 Keywords: Emergency Calls, AmbulancesHospitalsViolence (U.K.)Violence-Related InjuriesViolent Crime |