RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Development and use of a population based injury surveillance system: the All Wales Injury Surveillance System (AWISS)
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 83
OP 86
DO 10.1136/ip.8.1.83
VO 8
IS 1
A1 R A Lyons
A1 S Jones
A1 A Kemp
A1 J Sibert
A1 J Shepherd
A1 P Richmond
A1 C Bartlett
A1 S R Palmer
YR 2002
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/1/83.abstract
AB This report details the development and use of a population based emergency room surveillance system in the UK. Despite some difficulties in accessing high quality data the system has stimulated a considerable number of research and intervention projects. While surveillance systems with high quality data collection and coding parameters remain the gold standard, imperfect systems, particularly if population based, can play a substantial part in stimulating injury prevention initiatives.