| Description |
1 online resource (84 pages) : color illustrations, color photographs, maps |
| Series |
Working paper (Small Arms Survey) ; 22 |
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Small Arms Survey working paper ; 22
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| Summary |
Studying the evidence related to the burden of injury of a population is a critical component of developing strategies to prevent and reduce violence. In many countries around the world, national observatories have been established to collect data to measure and monitor armed violence in an effort to inform and strengthen evidence-based armed violence reduction initiatives. These observatories collect data on violent incidents to enhance awareness of the extent and distribution of armed violence in varying geographic and socio-economic settings. Concerns have been raised by academics about relying largely on police data to assess the prevalence of violence, including armed violence. As this Working Paper demonstrates, LAVO's access to quality data from hospitals enhances its ability to produce more comprehensive analysis and reporting on armed violence. This Working Paper provides an examination of hospital records and discusses the policy implications of retrospective audits of records from two hospitals in Monrovia so as to: 1) investigate the prevalence of injuries presenting to hospitals, particularly interpersonal injuries, including those from armed violence, and 2) compare and contrast the quantity and quality of data collected from the Monrovian hospital audit with data being provided to LAVO from the same hospitals and from other sources. The Paper concludes with steps that LAVO and Liberian hospitals can take to improve the collection and dissemination of data on intentional injuries (that is, injuries which are not a result of accidents), with the aim of improving LAVO's ability to inform policies designed to reduce armed violence in Liberia |
| Notes |
"Published in January 2016." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (SAS, viewed February 14, 2016) |
| Subject |
Violence -- Liberia -- Statistics -- Evaluation
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Hospitals -- Social aspects
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Medical informatics.
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Medicine -- Data processing.
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Medicine -- Data processing
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Hospitals -- Social aspects
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Medical informatics
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Liberia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Winnington, Andrew, author
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Vriniotis, Mary, author
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Small Arms Survey, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9782940548194 |
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2940548196 |
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