Major causes of injury in Alberta
The major injury causes leading to death, hospitalizations and/or emergency department visits in Alberta:
- Suicide/self-inflicted injuries
- Motor vehicle-related injuries
- Unintentional poisonings
- Falls
- Other injuries due to being struck by an object/person or cutting and piercing
- Other significant injury causes are homicide, drowning, fire and burns, assault, adverse effects, exertion, and suffocation.
- Injuries involving Aboriginal people are two to four times higher than the general population.
- Farming and workplace injuries are significant concern.
- Alcohol is a major factor in injuries.
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To create awareness of the Alberta Injury Control Strategy among stakeholders in Alberta.
To build support and buy-in for the Alberta Injury Control Strategy and encourage stakeholders to adopt or adapt the Strategy as a framework for their own injury control planning.
To provide stakeholders with a template to help guide effective planning and implementation of injury control initiatives in Alberta.
To create a sense of provincial alliance, unity, identity, belonging, credibility, joint purpose and coordinated effort within the injury control field in Alberta.
To facilitate networking, communication, collaboration and partnerships among Alberta injury control stakeholders who endorse and support the vision, mission, principles, goals, objectives and recommended actions of the Alberta Injury Control Strategy.
To provide a mechanism for reporting on activities throughout the province that align with the Strategy and for sharing them with other stakeholders.
To strengthen support and build momentum for a government supported, high level, cross-ministerial approach to injury control under the Alberta Injury Control Strategy.
For information on donations and sponsorship opportunities for the Alberta Injury Control Alliance contact: ACICR at 780-492-6019 or email aica@ualberta.ca.