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Safety in Basketball - Launch of a new report by the Sports Network With an annual toll of over 720.000 injuries, basketball is a highly demanding game for players as well as for coaches. A three-years pilot study by the EuroSafe-Safety in Sports Network confirms that it is possible to anchor injury prevention more strongly into the education and training of coaches and players and thus to increase the health benefits of playing basketball by decreasing injury risks. Therefore, basketball associations should follow a more pro-active strategy as to the risk of injury. They should openly communicate with members and the general public about risks involved and necessary measures to be taken by clubs and individuals. Such a pro-active approach will also contribute to a positive image of the game and of organisations involved, and will help to attract new members The study reports and Factsheet launched in collaboration with the FIBA-Europe, European Basketball Federation, are also accessible on the website Safety in Sports. read more...
Nordic injury experts support the JAMIE-approach European Public Health Association (EUPHA)-section on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion organised a one-day seminar on 'Health-based injury registration in the Nordic countries' as a satellite meeting to the annual EUPHA- conference in past month of November. The delegates concluded that the health sector provides unique access to cases that can provide important information on the causes and circumstances of injuries. However, the costs of collecting such information are borne by the health system. Therefore it is important to reduce the running costs of such systems as much as possible. Sweden, Denmark and Norway are therefore moving towards a 2-step system in line with the JAMIE-approach. read more...
Conclusions from 3rd EuroSafe Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion now published: Call for health sector leadership in the prevention of injuries and violence. Up to two hundred delegates attended the 3rd European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Budapest-Gödöllő (June 16th and 17th, 2011) representing governmental departments, academic institutions, health and safety promotion agencies and public health organisations from 39 countries. The conclusions and recommendations from the 3rd European Conference are published in the EuroSafe's Alert magazine. read more...