Since injury prevention concerns many different sectors and organisations, coordination and communication are important. Responsibility for leadership and setting strategic direction needs to encompass the spectrum of key stakeholders in injury prevention. At the moment Victoria lacks a clear mechanism for doing this. As a first step, the issue could be addressed by establishing an injury prevention committee and periodic injury prevention forums. A more appropriate model for leadership and coordination could subsequently be developed.
Coordination also needs to improve within specific injury areas.
Joint action between different government departments may, in areas such as consumer product related injury, be most appropriate to achieve better coordination. Goal-Injury Prevention Program Development Facilitate progress and innovation in the development of injury prevention initiatives. Key Strategies 1. Designate children's injury, older people's falls, and sport and recreation injuries as priorities for action in the three year period beginning August 1994. Develop a seeding grant program to encourage initiatives in the three priority areas.