title: Work-related injury surveillance in Vietnam: a national reporting system model.
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.
authors.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.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Marucci-Wellman
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Wegman
authors.forename: Tom B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Leamon
authors.forename: Ta Thi Tuyet
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Binh
authors.forename: Nguyen Bich
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Diep
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kriebel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
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