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Development and Piloting of National Injury Surveillance System of Sri Lanka

Author(s) -

Achala Upendra Jayatilleke,

Diana Samarakkody,

Achini Jayatilleke,

Samantha R. U. Wimalaratne

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5074

Subject(s) - sri lanka , injury surveillance , health informatics , informatics , data collection , medicine , medical emergency , computer science , computer security , poison control , injury prevention , engineering , geography , pathology , public health , environmental planning , statistics , mathematics , electrical engineering , tanzania

Lack of injury data is a major drawback in injury prevention in Sri Lanka. We designed, developed and piloted a web-based Injury Surveillance System (ISS) for Sri Lanka. Previously, Sri Lanka had an ISS comprised a paper-based data collection tool and its corresponding software application; that system had several deficiencies and was nonfunctioning. We Identified and addressed those deficiencies and developed a new web-based ISS. The pilot test showed that the new ISS is a feasible and sustainable mean of injury surveillance in Sri Lanka. Settings with limited informatics resources can learn from our approach to develop the new ISS.

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