Introduction to the Cochrane Injuries Group based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The introduction was originally written by Katherine Ker, Carolyn DiGuiseppi and Rebecca Ivers.

1. Cochrane Injuries Group
Open Meeting
Katharine Ker, LSHTM, UK
Carolyn DiGuiseppi, University of Colorado, USA
Rebecca Ivers, University of Sydney, Australia

2. About the Cochrane Injuries Group
• What does the CIG do?
• Who makes up the CIG?
• What injury prevention research does the CIG do?
• Is the CIG good at what it does?
• How can I get involved?

3. “What is the CIG?”
One of 50 Review Groups in the Cochrane Collaboration
Prepare, maintain and promote the accessibility of
systematic reviews in the prevention, treatment and
rehabilitation of traumatic injury
Systematic reviews are peer refereed and published on
the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

4. “Who makes up the CIG?”
People who prepare, maintain and update Cochrane
Reviews, and people who support them in this process

5. “Who makes up the CIG?”
People who prepare, maintain and update Cochrane
Reviews, and people who support them in this process
• 600+ authors
• From 50+ countries (HIC & LMICS)

6. “Who makes up the CIG?”
People who prepare, maintain and update Cochrane
Reviews, and people who support them in this process
Editorial team
• Co-ordinating Editors (x2)
Editorial base - London School of
• Managing Editor
Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Trials Search Co-ordinator
• Editors (x8)
Expert contributors
• Peer referees
• Translators
• Consumers

7. Support from editorial team
Training
• face-to-face, online – Cochrane Centres
• annual short course at LSHTM
Support available throughout review process
• technical, methodological, information science
Not just an ‘editorial board’

8. Injury prevention research?
Prepare, maintain and promote the accessibility of
systematic reviews in the prevention, treatment and
rehabilitation of traumatic injury

9. Injury prevention research?
~35 reviews assessing the effects of injury prevention interventions
• Road safety
• Occupational injury
• Alcohol-related injury
• Violence

13. “Is the CIG good at what it does?”
Prepare, maintain systematic reviews
104 published reviews, 30 more in progress
Impact factor (2009) = 6.273
CDSR = 5.653
Injury = 2.383
Injury Prevention = 1.453
Accident, Analysis & Prevention = 1.647

14. “Is the CIG good at what it does?”
Promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews
• Uptake of evidence e.g. NICE, WHO reports
• Cochrane Corner in Injury Prevention
• Capacity building e.g. training
Instigating new research (e.g. CRASH, CRASH2 trials)

15. “How can I get involved?”
Everyone is welcome
Contributors;
• Authors
• Peer referees
• Translators
• Consumers
Register interest via the CIG’s website (http://injuries.cochrane.org)
or email Emma.Sydenham@Lshtm.ac.uk
No obligation!

16. Unanswered questions…?
The Cochrane Collaboration - www.cochrane.org
The Cochrane Injuries Group - http://injuries.cochrane.org
The Cochrane Library – www.thecochranelibrary.com