Injury surveillance guidelines [electronic resource] / edited by Y. Holder ... [et. al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organisation Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Holder, Y. (Yvette)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accidents.

Wounds and injuries.

Physical Description:

x, 80 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication seeks to provide a global overview of the nature and extent of injury mortality and morbidity in the form of user-friendly tables and charts. It is hoped that the graphical representation of the main patterns of the burden of disease due to injury will raise awareness of the importance of injuries as a public health issue and facilitate the implementation of effective prevention programmes.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

Acronyms

Foreword

Editorial Committee

Acknowledgements

1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL

1.1 Injury: a major health problem worldwide

1.2 International cooperation to address the problem

1.3 What and who is this manual for?

1.4 What does the manual do?

1.5 Getting the most out of the manual

2. INJURY: AN INTRODUCTION TO TERMS AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS

2.1 What is an injury?

2.2 Types of injury

2.3 Epidemiology of injuries

3. INJURY SURVEILLANCE: AN INTRODUCTION TO TERMS AND METHODS

3.1 What is surveillance?

3.2 Why do surveillance?

3.3 What are the steps required for surveillance?

3.4 What are the attributes of a good surveillance system?

4. HOW TO DESIGN AND BUILD AN INJURY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

4.1 Designing and building by steps

4.2 Step 1: Identify stakeholders

4.3 Step 2: Define system objectives

4.4 Step 3: Define "a case"

4.5 Step 4: Identify data sources

4.6 Repeat steps 1 through 4

4.7 Step 5: Assess available resources

4.8 Step 6: Inform and involve stakeholders

4.9 Step 7: Define data needs

4.10 Step 8: Collect data

4.11 Step 9: Establish a data processing system

4.12 Step 10: Design and distribute reports

4.13 Step 11: Train staff and activate the system

4.14 Step 12: Monitor and evaluate the system

5. CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

Appendix A: Some other examples of international cooperation to prevent injury and reduce the harm done by injury

Appendix B: Potential sources of data on injuries

Appendix C: Form to collect core minimum data on any case of injury

Appendix D: Surveillance log to collect core minimum data on a number of cases of injury

Appendix E: Form to collect core minimum and optional data on any case of injury.

Appendix F: Form to collect core minimum data on any case of injury plus supplementary minimum data on a case of traffic injury

Appendix G: Form to collect core minimum and optional data on any case of injury plus supplementary minimum and optional data on a case of injury resulting from assault

Appendix H: Patient record form used by accident and emergency department, Princess Margaret hospital, Bahamas

Appendix I: Injury/poisoning form used in a Jamaican hospital

Appendix J: Emergency room registration form used in servicio de emergencias, hospital Santiago Jinotepe, Nicaragua

Appendix K: Non-fatal injury surveillance form used in South African emergency rooms

Appendix L: Proposed format for a basic set of reports for the results of surveillance collecting core minimum data on all injuries

Appendix M: Form for conducting a retrospective evaluation of an injury surveillance system

Appendix N: Form for conducting a process evaluation of an injury surveillance system

Appendix O: Form for conducting a system environment evaluation of an injury surveillance system.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-06036-0

9786610060368

92-4-068074-8

OCLC:

437176311