ArticlesPotential of using existing injury information for injury surveillance at the local level in developing countries: experiences from Bangladesh
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2013, InjuryCitation Excerpt :Yet, available data are inadequate to inform a robust national injury prevention strategy based on the causes and nature of injuries, as well as the high-risk groups involved. A systematic approach to monitor and address the burden of injuries in developing nations is long overdue in Pacific Island countries and elsewhere.10–12 In order to obtain a profile of the leading causes of death and hospitalisation due to injury in Fiji, a project specific data collection system – the Fiji Injury Surveillance in Hospitals (FISH) – was established as a component of the Traffic Related Injury in the Pacific (TRIP) project.
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2011, Journal of Safety ResearchCitation Excerpt :While Australia has the capacity to perform routine injury mortality and hospitalized morbidity surveillance activities, road traffic injury surveillance capabilities across countries vary. In some countries, a great deal of information may be available for surveillance of road traffic injuries, such as the linked crash outcomes data evaluation systems (CODES) in the United States (National Highway Traffic Safety Authority, 1996) used to examine road traffic-related injuries, while in other countries road traffic injury information may be obtained from hospital records, police reports, or newspaper clippings (Rahman, Andersson, & Svanstrom, 2000), which contain only limited information about the traffic incident and how it occurred. One type of data collection that is increasingly being used for injury surveillance purposes are trauma registries (Forst, Hryhorczuk, & Jaros, 1999; Johnson & Moore, 1997; Kobusingye & Lett, 2000; Layde, Stueland, & Nordstrom, 1996; Pollock & McClain, 1989).
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