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Rebecca Ivers is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has made extensive contributions to the field of medicine, particularly in injury epidemiology and prevention. Their research spans various subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, emergency medicine, safety, risk, reliability and quality, general health professions, and broader health studies.

The research topics covered by Rebecca Ivers include:

  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility

Some of the recent papers by Rebecca Ivers include:

  • Global, regional, and national burden of bone fractures in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2021), The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • The burden of unintentional drowning: global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study (2020), Injury Prevention
  • Burden of falls among people aged 60 years and older in mainland China, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2021), The Lancet Public Health
  • Are there sex differences in crash and crash-related injury between men and women? A 13-year cohort study of young drivers in Australia (2021), SSM - Population Health
  • Surgical Plating vs Closed Reduction for Fractures in the Distal Radius in Older Patients (2021), JAMA Surgery

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Maoyi Tian
  • Patricia Cullen
  • Kris Rogers
  • Pengpeng Ye
  • Kate Hunter

Rebecca Ivers has published regularly in several journals, with a notable number of publications in:

  • Injury Prevention
  • Abstracts
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national burden of bone fractures in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Ai-Min Wu;Catherine Bisignano;Spencer L James;Gdiom Gebreheat Abady

  • Visual impairment and falls in older adults: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

    Rebecca Ivers;Robert Cumming;P Mitchell;Karin Attebo

  • Helmets for preventing injury in motorcycle riders.

    Bette C Liu;Rebecca Ivers;Robyn Norton;Soufiane Boufous

  • Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;Degu Abate;Solomon M. Abay

  • Refractive errors in an older population: The blue mountains eye study

    Karin Attebo;Rebecca Q Ivers;Paul Mitchell

  • Diabetes and risk of fracture: The Blue Mountains Eye Study.

    Rebecca Q. Ivers;Robert G. Cumming;Paul Mitchell;Anthony J. Peduto

  • Novice drivers' risky driving behavior, risk perception, and crash risk: findings from the DRIVE study

    Rebecca Ivers;Teresa Senserrick;Soufiane Boufous;Mark Stevenson

  • Visual impairment and risk of hip fracture.

    Rebecca Ivers;Robyn Norton;Robert Cumming;Meg Butler

  • Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Joseph L Ward;Peter S Azzopardi;Kate Louise Francis;John S Santelli

  • Improving vision to prevent falls in frail older people: a randomized trial.

    Robert G. Cumming;Rebecca Ivers;Lindy Clemson;John Cullen

  • Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Spencer L James;Chris D Castle;Zachary V Dingels;Jack T Fox

  • Risky driving habits and motor vehicle driver injury

    Stephanie Blows;Shanthi N Ameratunga;Rebecca Q Ivers;Sing Kai Lo

  • Short Sleep Duration in Prevalent and Persistent Psychological Distress in Young Adults: The DRIVE Study

    Nicholas Glozier;Alexandra Martiniuk;George Patton;Rebecca Ivers

  • Marijuana Use and Car Crash Injury

    Stephanie Blows;Rebecca Q Ivers;Jennie Connor;Shanthi N Ameratunga

  • The burden of unintentional drowning: global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study.

    Richard Charles Franklin;Amy E Peden;Erin B Hamilton;Catherine Bisignano

  • The global distribution of lymphatic filariasis, 2000–18: a geospatial analysis

    Aniruddha Deshpande;Molly K. Miller-Petrie;Paulina A. Lindstedt;Mathew M. Baumann

  • Sensory impairment and driving : The Blue Mountains Eye Study

    Rebecca Q. Ivers;Paul Mitchell;Robert G. Cumming

  • Effect on falls of providing single lens distance vision glasses to multifocal glasses wearers: VISIBLE randomised controlled trial

    Mark J Haran;Ian D Cameron;Rebecca Q Ivers;Judy M Simpson

  • Visual Risk Factors for Hip Fracture in Older People

    Rebecca Q Ivers;Robert G Cumming;Paul Mitchell;Judy M Simpson

  • Prevalence of helmet use among motorcycle riders in Vietnam.

    Dang Viet Hung;Mark R. Stevenson;Rebecca Q. Ivers

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Stevenson
Mark Stevenson University of Melbourne
Alexandra Martiniuk
Alexandra Martiniuk University of Sydney
Stephen Jan
Stephen Jan George Institute for Global Health
Ann Williamson
Ann Williamson University of New South Wales
Delia Hendrie
Delia Hendrie Curtin University
Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Deborah Carvalho Malta
Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India
Felix Akpojene Ogbo
Felix Akpojene Ogbo Western Sydney University

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