This strategy outlines the plan to improve the understanding of sports injuries in Australia by leveraging existing data sources, building a framework to strengthen collection methods and standards, and ultimately creating a national sports injury data asset.

  • Cat. no: INJCAT 232
Findings from this report:

  • Stakeholders were supportive of the draft strategy to develop better sports injury data

  • Privacy, consent, and access arrangements require more detail

  • Ongoing consultation & collaboration with sporting organisations is needed to provide data to inform prevention programs

  • Work is needed to improve data collection from medical records and other administration platforms