Aboriginal Community-Centered Injury Surveillance: A Community-Based Participatory Process Evaluation

# The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract While injuries are a leading health concern for Aboriginal populations, injury rates and types vary substantially across bands. The uniqueness of Aboriginal communities highlights the importance of collecti...

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Main Authors: Mariana Brussoni, Lise L. Olsen, Pamela Joshi
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
British Columbia
Canada
First Nations
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.350.3164
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Summary:# The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract While injuries are a leading health concern for Aboriginal populations, injury rates and types vary substantially across bands. The uniqueness of Aboriginal communities highlights the importance of collecting community-level injury surveillance data to assist with identifying local injury patterns, setting priorities for action and evaluating programs. Secwepemc First Nations communities in British Columbia, Canada, implemented the Injury Surveillance Project using the Aboriginal Community-Centered

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