Injury surveillance guidelines
Overview
The present manual is also aimed at researchers and practitioners and its purpose is to provide practical advice on how to develop information systems for the collection of systematic data on injuries. It is the result of collaboration between experts from the WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who work, or have worked, in settings where resources, including trained staff and electronic equipment, are limited. In addition, experts from other organizations in more than 50 countries have commented on draft versions of the manual. The work has taken two years to complete.
Although the primary objective was to produce a manual applicable to all settings, it is hoped that the manual will be especially useful to those in settings where resources are scarce. The manual thus shows how to set up systems for collecting, coding and processing data even if there is no electronic equipment, few staff, and/or staff with many other demands on their time and no expertise in research. We hope it will lead to better information on injuries and, in turn, to prevention programmes which reduce the incidence of death and disability due to injuries.
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