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Injury Free Nova Scotia is a provincial non-profit, established in 2006, committed to eliminating serious and preventable injuries in Nova Scotia.
With the top three injury and injury-related death issues for our province being motor vehicle collisions, falls, and suicide/suicide attempts, we acknowledge the challenge of such a broad focus. Doing this work well requires working respectfully together with diverse groups within the realm of health and beyond.
We see our role as that of a positive change agent - helping to build healthy public policy that will lessen injuries and disability, and save lives. We also see a role in bringing people together to inform, engage and mobilize them towards positive change.
WHAT IS INJURY FREE NOVA SCOTIA?
A Path Towards Improved Off-Highway Vehicle Rider Safety: Findings from Injury Prevention Research in Nova Scotia
Injury Free Nova Scotia’s A Path Towards Improved Off-Highway Vehicle Rider Safety: Findings from Injury Prevention Research in Nova Scotia (2022) report provides insight into the culture of off-highway vehicles (OHVs) use, rider safety, and injury prevention in Nova Scotia.
Injury Free Nova Scotia created A Path Towards Improved Off-Highway Vehicle Rider Safety: Findings from Injury Prevention Research in Nova Scotia in collaboration with Strive Health. Information was gathered using internet searches, secondary analysis of documents, key information interviews, informal discussions, an online survey of OHV riders, and data requests to the Nova Scotia Trauma Registry (NSTR) and Registry of Motor Vehicles.
This report is the first of its kind.
To improve OHV safety in Nova Scotia, project participants highlighted the following themes that are needed:
- Enhanced education/ awareness
- Enhanced enforcement
- Sharing of injury data/ information
- Partner collaboration
A Path Towards Improved Off-Highway Vehicle Rider Safety: Findings from Injury Prevention Research in Nova Scotia (2022) Final Report
A Path Towards Improved Off-Highway Vehicle Rider Safety: Findings from Injury Prevention Research in Nova Scotia (2022) Infographic 1 & Infographic 2
We welcome all feedback on the report, please email: injuryfree.ns.info@gmail.com