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Three perspectives on work-related injury surveillance systems.
- Source :
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American journal of industrial medicine [Am J Ind Med] 1997 Aug; Vol. 32 (2), pp. 116-28. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- This paper reviews surveillance approaches for occupational injuries and evaluates three emerging methodologies for the enhancement of work-related injury surveillance: (1) narrative data analysis, (2) data set linkage, and (3) comprehensive company-wide surveillance systems. All three methods are the result of new applications of computer hardware and software that have apparent strengths and limitations. A major strength is the improved description of work exposures and related injuries leading to better understanding of injury etiology. This understanding, however, is limited by the data quality and completeness entered on records at the time of the injury. We recommend (1) more widespread inclusion of narrative text in databases, analyses of which can be a valuable supplement to injury coded data; (2) the increased use of data set linkage studies to combine injury and work-history data; and (3) the development of comprehensive company-wide surveillance systems to expedite the use of epidemiologic data for occupational injury prevention activities. Further development of these methods and others is encouraged, especially in light of technological advancements in data capture, analysis and presentation. Only through such efforts can we best apply epidemiologic principles to preventing injuries in the workplace.
- Subjects :
- Accidents, Occupational classification
Commerce statistics & numerical data
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Database Management Systems
Electronic Data Processing
Humans
Insurance Benefits statistics & numerical data
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Occupational Diseases classification
Terminology as Topic
United States
Workers' Compensation statistics & numerical data
Workplace statistics & numerical data
Wounds and Injuries classification
Accidents, Occupational statistics & numerical data
Databases, Factual standards
Databases, Factual statistics & numerical data
Databases, Factual supply & distribution
Occupational Diseases epidemiology
Occupational Health statistics & numerical data
Population Surveillance methods
Wounds and Injuries epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0271-3586
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of industrial medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9215434
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199708)32:2<116::aid-ajim3>3.0.co;2-x