Lessons learned through the 20-year development of a national fatal drowning database in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Co-ordinated, evidence-based policy and programmatic efforts are needed to respond to complex drowning prevention problems. Comprehensive, current, and robust data are vital for agenda setting, burden and risk factor identification, intervention design and evaluation, as well as setting policy. We aim to record methods used in, and identify impacts of, the development of a national fatal drowning database (NFDD) in Australia, including lessons learned across research, policy, and practice.

Methods

We employ a case study method using process mapping and document review to explore the evolution, drivers and impacts of the NFDD. We analyse methodological approaches including those relating to data definitions, drowning case collection, and management, as well as trac

SUBMITTER: Peden AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10408144 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature