Trauma registry implementation in low-and middle-income countries: challenges and opportunities

K Bommakanti, I Feldhaus, G Motwani… - Journal of surgical …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Background Trauma registries are an essential part of trauma quality improvement programs
aimed at decreasing morbidity and mortality in high-income countries. In low-and middle …

Barriers to surgical outcomes research in low-and middle-income countries: a sco** review

NA Mughal, MH Hussain, KS Ahmed… - Journal of Surgical …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Introduction Systematic collection and analysis of surgical outcomes data is a cornerstone of
surgical quality improvement. Unfortunately, there remains a dearth of surgical outcomes …

Trauma surveillance in Cape Town, South Africa: an analysis of 9236 consecutive trauma center admissions

A Nicol, LM Knowlton, N Schuurman… - JAMA …, 2014‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In many low-and
middle-income countries, formal trauma surveillance strategies have not yet been widely …

The electronic Trauma Health Record: design and usability of a novel tablet-based tool for trauma care and injury surveillance in low resource settings

E Zargaran, N Schuurman, AJ Nicol… - Journal of the American …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Background Ninety percent of global trauma deaths occur in under-resourced or remote
environments, with little or no capacity for injury surveillance. We hypothesized that …

Intentional injury and violence in Cape Town, South Africa: an epidemiological analysis of trauma admissions data

N Schuurman, J Cinnamon, BB Walker… - Global health …, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
Background Injury is a truly global health issue that has enormous societal and economic
consequences in all countries. Interpersonal violence is now widely recognized as important …

Confronting the data-divide in a time of spatial turns and volunteered geographic information

J Cinnamon, N Schuurman - GeoJournal, 2013‏ - Springer
Geography is enjoying a period of unparalleled visibility, driven by the growing use of
geographic methods and concepts across the sciences and humanities—the so-called …

Development and pilot implementation of a locally developed Trauma Registry: lessons learnt in a low-income country

A Mehmood, JA Razzak, S Kabir, EJ MacKenzie… - BMC emergency …, 2013‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Trauma registries (TRs) play an integral role in the assessment of
trauma care quality. TRs are still uncommon in develo** countries owing to awareness …

Road traffic injury in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and summary of observational studies

JRN Vissoci, DJ Shogilev, E Krebs… - Traffic injury …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate, through a systematic review of hospital-based
studies, the proportion of road traffic injuries and fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

Identification of the essential components of quality in the data collection process for public health information systems

H Chen, P Yu, D Hailey, T Cui - Health Informatics Journal, 2020‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This study identifies essential components in the data collection process for public health
information systems based on appraisal and synthesis of the reported factors affecting this …

Global and regional child deaths due to injuries: an assessment of the evidence

D Adeloye, K Bowman, KY Chan, S Patel… - Journal of global …, 2018‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Injuries result in substantial number of deaths among children globally. The
burden across many settings is largely unknown. We estimated global and regional child …