**About the Editors**

**Amy Peden** has extensive experience in injury prevention research, policy and practice, having worked in the field for 13 years. Dr Peden's work focuses on drowning prevention and she is passionate about reducing injury burden in rural and remote communities. Her other areas of focus include the impact of alcohol on injury risk, improving data quality and science communication.

**Richard Franklin** is a pracademic who uses an evidence-based approach to developing real-world solutions to improve safety, health and wellbeing. His work focuses on child safety, health systems, drowning prevention, farm safety, road safety, trauma, alcohol impact, falls, the safety of older people, first aid, disasters and resilience, with a focus on those living in rural areas and the tropics. He is an epidemiologist who uses a mixed-methods approach to addressing real-world problems using a wide range of data collection methods including big data, data linkage, interviews, focus groups, surveys, program evaluation, produce evaluation, surveillance, observation and reviews.
