by Anita Yau | Nov 22, 2021 | Education & Publication, Homepage Top, News
As the situation around COVID-19 developed throughout the year, the BCIRPU continued its essential efforts to reduce the burden of injury in British Columbia. Read about last year’s achievements and highlights in our BCIRPU Annual Report 2020-2021.
by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | Falls (Older Adults), Homepage Top, News
November is Fall Prevention Month (FPM) and Seniors’ Fall Prevention Awareness Week takes place in the first week of November. Falls are the leading injury-related cause of hospitalization and death for older adults 65 years and above in B.C. Most Falls are...
by digital_lab | Jul 5, 2021 | Homepage Top, News
Injuries divert essential hospital resources and cost Canadian residents $29.4 billion annually. Injury remains the no. 1 cause of death for Canadians age 1 to 44, and annually causes 17,475 deaths, 231,530 hospitalizations, and 4.6 million trips to emergency...
by digital_lab | Jul 6, 2020 | Homepage Top
BCIRPU conducts research, surveillance, and knowledge translation activities in a number of areas related to injury prevention—at home, at work, at play, and on the road. LEARN MORE
by digital_lab | Jul 6, 2020 | Homepage Top
The iDOT© is an easy-to-use, menu-driven system that makes injury data available to injury prevention practitioners and professionals, as well as the public. It is an effective and efficient way for users to access injury data including mortality, morbidity, traffic...
