Work-related injury surveillance in Vietnam: A national reporting system model

H. Marucci-Wellman, D.H. Wegman, T.B. Leamon, T.T.T. Binh, N.B. Diep and D. Kriebel

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 11, 1989-1996

Abstract: Developing nations bear a substantial portion of the global burden of injury. Public health surveillance models in developing countries should recognize injury risks for all levels of society and all causes and should incorporate various groups of workers and industries, including subsistence agriculture. However, many developing nations do not have an injury registration system; current data collection methods result in gross national undercounts of injuries, failing to distinguish injuries that occur during work. In 2006, we established an active surveillance system in Vietnam's Xuan Tien commune and investigated potential methods for surveillance of work-related injuries. On the basis of our findings, we recommend a national model for work-related injury surveillance in Vietnam that builds on the existing health surveillance system. Copyright © 2013 by the American Public Health Association®.

Keywords: adolescent; adult; aged; article; feasibility study; female; health survey; human; incidence; information processing; male; mandatory reporting; methodology; middle aged; occupational accident; sensitivity and specificity; standard; theoretical model; Viet Nam; young adult; health survey; information processing; Occupational Injuries; procedures; standards; Viet Nam, Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Data Collection; Feasibility Studies; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Mandatory Reporting; Middle Aged; Models, Theoretical; Occupational Injuries; Population Surveillance; Sensitivity and Specificity; Vietnam; Young Adult, Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Data Collection; Feasibility Studies; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Mandatory Reporting; Middle Aged; Models, Theoretical; Occupational Injuries; Population Surveillance; Sensitivity and Specificity; Vietnam; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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