16 August 2021

Sport Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport have commissioned the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, opens in a new tab (AIHW) to investigate the existing and potential data sources for sport injury, with a view to develop a national sports injury data collection.

The development of this collection will:

• provide insight into the types and causes of sports injury in the community
• help sport and their participants understand where injury prevention programs are needed
• provide ongoing surveillance to monitor trends and allow the impact of injury prevention programs to be evaluated.

As part of this project, the AIHW is consulting with sporting organisations, healthcare providers, insurers and government agencies to understand what sport injury data is currently being collected.

Please take the survey, opens in a new tab today by visiting the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.