Sistema de Información de Lesiones de Causa Externa (SILEX): un proyecto exitoso en El Salvador
Autor: | Gerardo de Cosio, Oscar Salinas, Carme Clavel-Arcas, Mario Serpas, Silvia Morán de García, Alberto Concha-Eastman, Jeannette Montoya |
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Rok vydání: | 2008 |
Předmět: |
business.industry
Control (management) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Poison control Epidemiologic Surveillance medicine.disease Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Injury prevention Information system Medicine Medical emergency business |
Zdroj: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública. 24:390-399 |
ISSN: | 1020-4989 |
Popis: | This article examines the stages in developing an information system for injuries from external causes (Sistema de Informacion de Lesiones de Causa Externa-SILEX), as well as its limitations and achievements. SILEX is a Web-based application for collection, quality control, presentation, and analysis of data available from the hospital system for surveillance of injuries from external causes created by Ministry of Health of El Salvador with data from the hospital emergency services. This system maintains comprehensive information on the injured person-type of injury, intention, injury site, activity being performed at the time of injury, risk factors, etc.-in the form of tables, graphs, and maps, which streamlines the development of intervention plans and prevention initiatives for these types of injuries in El Salvador. This experience is an example of what can be done to close the information gap on injuries by external causes in the Region of the Americas. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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