Non-Traditional Data Sources for Injury Control: An Agenda for Action in Ghana

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• Personal Author:
  Adofo K ; Afukaar F ; Appiah N ; Bhalla K ; Ebel BE ; Mock CN
• Description:
  We believe that one important reason for the low priority assigned to national safety programs in low and middle income countries (LMICs) is that reliable estimates of the burden of injuries are not available. Although official government statistics in many LMICs are sometimes available, most researchers agree that injuries are grossly under-reported. The development of traditional injury surveillance infrastructure to remedy these shortcomings is prohibitively expensive. However, one efficient way to rapidly improve the availability of injury statistics is to make creative use of non-traditional information sources. In this essay, we illustrate this approach for Ghana, where Salifu et al have shown substantial under-reporting of injuries in official statistics. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Injuries Injury Prevention Safety Programs Statistical Analysis Surveillance Programs
• ISSN:
  1353-8047
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055506
• Citation:
  Inj Prev 2012 Aug; 18(4):277
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Kavi Bhalla, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 2115, USA
• Email:
  kavi_bhalla@harvard.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Prevention
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3ee0ed6df0c6a9071b9da6ccda6ed8e38e44bf0a368175c289db427541b54762f38939a0b9d2ca37ee96f69fafeaa7b77ac046d9844ce4001f6dfb734a2aab39
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213343/cdc_213343_DS1.pdf
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