Non-fatal agricultural injury surveillance in the United States: A review of national-level survey-based systems.
Am J Ind Med
; 60(7): 599-620, 2017 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28616885
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Currently, surveillance of non-fatal agricultural injuries in the U.S. mainly relies on national surveys, and to date, none of these surveys were formally reviewed. Our objective was to review and evaluate these survey-based systems, to identify critical gaps in them and provide recommendations to improve them.METHODS:
We used the updated Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to describe each system and evaluate each system's attributes like simplicity, flexibility, data quality, timeliness, representativeness, etc.RESULTS:
Four adult and two youth national surveys collected data for non-fatal agricultural injuries in the U.S. The evaluation identified three major gaps 1) insufficient data quality attributed to non-response, measurement errors, and underreporting; 2) untimeliness of data; and 3) lack of flexibility to integrate with other existing systems.CONCLUSION:
Improving data quality, timeliness and flexibility will provide reliable and valid injury estimates, and increase the usefulness of these surveys for surveillance and prevention of farm injuries.Key words
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Population Surveillance
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Agriculture
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Occupational Injuries
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Ind Med
Year:
2017
Type:
Article