Health system and law enforcement synergies for injury surveillance, control and prevention: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare providers and law enforcement (LE) officers are among the most common first responders to injuring events. Despite frequent interface between the health system (HS) and LE sectors, the published evidence that supports their collaboration in injury surveillance, control and prevention has not been comprehensively reviewed.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review of literature published from 1990 to 2016 that focused on local and regional HS and LE collaborations in injury surveillance, control and prevention. Our aim was to describe what is known and what remains unexplored about these cross-sector efforts.

Results

128 articles were included in the final review. These were categorised by their focus on either surveillance activities or partnerships

SUBMITTER: Jacoby SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5876147 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature