INFO SHEET
- RISC is a community based research project. The basic facts of injuries are collected from the community, for the community, by a community member
- RISC research partners are: UBC, UVic, and ITHA (participating member first nations)
- The community research participants learns how to: 1) collect injury information using the Injury Surveillance Form 2) enter and analyze the new injury data
- The participating communities are included in the reporting and follow-up
- The follow-up leads to injury prevention awareness or other pro-active measures
BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY
- The research identifies and describes injury problems in your community
- Gives a greater understanding of injury problems (who, what, where, when, how & why)
- Provides a starting point and a measuring tool; your data = fact based evidence
- Looks at the injury problems more objectively, accurately and reliably
- Promotes decision making and priority identification
- Increases funding opportunities; proposals can be supported by your collected data
- Develops research skills and builds community capacity
- Provides a focal point; raises concerns & awareness or validates your progress
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO YOU?
- By participating you can contribute to the prevention of minor to fatal injury in your community
- You can have an impact on the future safety of all of your family members – babies to elders
- Your support and contribution is valuable, all reported injuries are important
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
- Encourage your family members to call the Community Health Worker (CHR) when they, or you, have an injury and have the injury recorded on an Injury Surveillance Form
Promote and empower community efforts that benefit everyone; this action alone may one day benefit you or someone in your family
RISC is formally known as: Injury in British Columbia’s Aboriginal Communities: Building Capacity while Developing Knowledge; a project funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health (IAPH).
