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Newspapers: a source for injury surveillance?

Author(s) -

David Y. Rainey,

Carol W. Runyan

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.5.745

Subject(s) - medical examiner , newspaper , medical emergency , poison control , occupational safety and health , medicine , environmental health , injury prevention , suicide prevention , medical record , human factors and ergonomics , advertising , business , surgery , pathology

Newspapers have not been extensively evaluated as an injury surveillance source. We compared clippings with medical examiner records for 45 residential fire deaths and 58 drownings of children to assess extent, completeness, and accuracy of newspaper coverage. Newspapers covered 96% of the fire fatalities and 78% of the drownings and contained more information than medical examiner records on several factors, including fire cause and smoke detector presence, pool fences, warning signs, and supervision of children.

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