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Richard C Franklin

Professor, Public Health - Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, James Cook University
Verified email at jcu.edu.au
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The global burden of cancer 2013

C Fitzmaurice, D Dicker, A Pain, H Hamavid… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Current estimates of
cancer burden in individual countries and regions are necessary to inform local cancer …

The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013

JA Haagsma, N Graetz, I Bolliger… - Injury …, 2016 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background The Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors study used
the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) to quantify the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk …

Interventions associated with drowning prevention in children and adolescents: systematic literature review

BA Wallis, K Watt, RC Franklin, M Taylor… - Injury …, 2015 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Introduction Drowning remains a leading cause of preventable death in children across the
world. This systematic review identifies and critically analyses studies of interventions …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of the impact of heatwaves on health service demand in Australia

H Mason, JC King, AE Peden, RC Franklin - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives Heatwaves have been linked to increased levels of health service demand in
Australia. This systematic literature review aimed to explore health service demand during …

Child and adolescent health from 1990 to 2015: findings from the global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors 2015 study

N Kassebaum, HH Kyu, L Zoeckler, HE Olsen… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Comprehensive and timely monitoring of disease burden in all age groups,
including children and adolescents, is essential for improving population health. Objective …

Fatal river drowning: the identification of research gaps through a systematic literature review

AE Peden, RC Franklin, PA Leggat - Injury prevention, 2016 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Introduction Drowning is a leading cause of unintentional death. Rivers are a common
location for drowning. Unlike other location-specific prevention efforts (home swimming …

Reducing drowning deaths: the continued challenge of immersion fatalities in Australia

RC Franklin, JP Scarr, JH Pearn - Medical Journal of Australia, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To explore 5 years of drowning deaths in Australia compared with a previous
Australian study a decade earlier, and to assess the feasibility of achieving a 50% reduction …

Drowning for love: the aquatic victim‐instead‐of‐rescuer syndrome: drowning fatalities involving those attempting to rescue a child

RC Franklin, JH Pearn - Journal of paediatrics and child health, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: Non‐intentional child drowning remains a leading cause of child mortality. A
related and secondary syndrome is composed of those who drown in impulsive, altruistic …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying and describing the impact of cyclone, storm and flood related disasters on treatment management, care and exacerbations of non-communicable …

B Ryan, RC Franklin, FM Burkle Jr, P Aitken… - PLoS …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: Over the last quarter of a century the frequency of natural disasters and the
burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) across the globe have been increasing. For …

[HTML][HTML] The hidden tragedy of rivers: a decade of unintentional fatal drowning in Australia

AE Peden, RC Franklin, PA Leggat - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objective (s) Describe unintentional drowning deaths in rivers, creeks and streams (rivers) in
Australia and identify risk factors to inform prevention. Design & Setting This study is a cross …