National Public Health Data Systems in the United States: Applications to Child Agricultural Injury Surveillance
ConclusionsAlthough these public health data systems captured many details regarding medical aspects of the injury, they included little information on circumstances leading to injury, thus limiting their utility for child agricultural injury surveillance and primary prevention initiatives. We recommend any child agricultural injury data collection tool formally incorporate a structured narrative so underlying circumstances leading to injury events are documented.
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Barbara Marlenga, Richard L. Berg, William Pickett Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
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