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

• Published in: Prevention Science
• Main Authors: Brussoni, Mariana, Olsen, Lise L., Joshi, Pamela
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer US 2011
• Subjects: Article; British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3304060; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22138890; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-011-0258-x

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,...