TY - JOUR
PY - 2020//
TI - History of injury in a developing country: a scoping review of injury literature in Lebanon
JO - Journal of public health (Oxford)
A1 - Al-Hajj, Samar
A1 - Pawliuk, Colleen
A1 - Smith, Jennifer
A1 - Zheng, Alex
A1 - Pike, Ian
SP - ePub
EP - ePub
VL - ePub
IS - ePub
N2 - BACKGROUND: Lebanon, an Eastern Mediterranean country, suffers a large burden of injury as a consequence of conflict and war, political instability, and the lack of policies and safety regulations. This article aims to systematically map and comprehensively describe the injury research literature in Lebanon and, to identify gaps for future research.
METHODS: MEDLINE, Embase, Eric and SafetyLit, and the grey literature, including conference proceedings, theses and dissertations, government and media reports, were searched without any date or language limits. Data were extracted from 467 documents using REDCap.
RESULTS: War-related injuries were the most prevalent type of injury in Lebanon, followed by homicide and other forms of violence. While existing literature targeted vulnerable and at-risk populations, the vast majority focused solely on reporting the prevalence of injuries and associated risk factors. There are considerable gaps in the literature dealing with the integration of preventive programs and interventions across all populations.
CONCLUSIONS: Lebanon, historically and currently, experiences a high number of injuries from many different external causes. To date, efforts have focused on reporting the prevalence of injuries and making recommendations, rather than implementing and evaluating interventions and programs to inform policies. Future injury related work should prioritize interventions and prevention programs.
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LA - en
SN - 1741-3842
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa043
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