Guidelines for Conducting Community Surveys on Injuries and Violence
Author | : World Health Organization |
Publisher | : World Health Organization |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2004-08-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789241546485 |
ISBN-13 | : 9241546484 |
Rating | : 4/5 (484 Downloads) |
Download or read book Guidelines for Conducting Community Surveys on Injuries and Violence written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2004-08-27 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Injuries and violence pose a major public health and development problem worldwide, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries, resulting in an estimated five million deaths each year, as well as many more who suffer non-fatal but disabling injuries. This publication seeks to help improve the lack of reliable and valid injury information, by providing guidance for the use of a robust but accessible methodology for collecting community injury data, with the aim of highlighting this serious public health problem.