Establishing Prospective Road Traffic Injury Surveillance in India: Challenges and Solutions | Zendy

Shailaja Tetali | Zendy; Josyula K. Lakshmi | Zendy; Shivam Gupta | Zendy; Shirin Wadhwaniya | Zendy; Gopalkrishna Gururaj | Zendy; Kent A. Stevens | Zendy

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Establishing Prospective Road Traffic Injury Surveillance in India: Challenges and Solutions

Author(s) -

Shailaja Tetali,

Josyula K. Lakshmi,

Shivam Gupta,

Shirin Wadhwaniya,

Gopalkrishna Gururaj,

Kent A. Stevens

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5964

Subject(s) - staffing , workload , injury surveillance , medical emergency , medicine , negotiation , business , computer security , operations management , poison control , injury prevention , computer science , engineering , nursing , political science , law , operating system

There are many challenges in establishing surveillance systems for road injuries in India, predominantly rapid staff turnover, heavy workload and the absence of already existing data recording and management in hospitals. Pending administrative solutions such as improved staffing and posting, the chief measures to address these challenges were sustained dialogue and rapport-building with hospital administrators, training of data collectors, and enlisting the aid of bridge personnel, such as interns. Reiterating the value of surveillance data to negotiate for hospital resources commensurate with the high burden of road injuries may help convince hospital administrators to sustain such surveillance initiatives.

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