Citation

Marucci-Wellman HR, Wegman DH, Leamon TB, Tuyet Binh TT, Diep NB, Kriebel D. Am. J. Public Health 2013; 103(11): 1989-1996.

Affiliation

Helen Marucci-Wellman is with the Center for Injury Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, and the School of Health and Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. David H. Wegman, Tom B. Leamon, and David Kriebel are with the School of Health and Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Tom B. Leamon is also with the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Ta Thi Tuyet Binh and Nguyen Bich Diep are with the National Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2013.301304

PMID

24028255

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. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 12, 2013: e1-e8. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301304).

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