TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Using crowd-sourcing to drive innovation in injury prevention--results of a pilot programme
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Murray, N.
A1  - Langlands, G.
SP  - A20
EP  - A20
VL  - 18
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - Background Injuries outside of work and road make up 80% of claims to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), about half of which are for injuries sustained in a fall. ACC claims data showed that the working-age population account for 60% of the cost of falls, yet there are very few evidence-based interventions available for falls prevention in this population group. ACC trialled using crowd-sourcing techniques to generate new falls prevention ideas.    Aims/Objectives/Purpose Develop an innovation programme, to engage with a range of people not traditionally associated with injury prevention to generate a number of novel ideas to trial and where successful roll out nationally.    Methods ACC launched the Idea Nation initiative which employed a number of crowd-sourcing initiatives including; brainstorming forums, a national competition and online collaboration to build up raw ideas.    Results/Outcome The initiative is still live, so final results are not available at the time of presentation, however early findings are encouraging. Preliminary results indicate that crowd-sourcing can be effectively used to engage with the community and generate new ideas to injury issues.    Significance/Contribution to the Field The Idea Nation initiative will interest those working in and developing injury prevention and community engagement programmes.     This is an abstract of a presentation at Safety 2012, the 11th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, 1-4 October 2012, Michael Fowler Center, Wellington, New Zealand. Full text does not seem to be available for this abstract. <p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040580b.17
ID  - ref1
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