| The burden of occupational injury: A 1-year prospective study in Xuan Tien Commune, Viet Nam. | |
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PMID: 22161813 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Developing nations carry a substantial portion of the global burden of injury, but without reliable injury surveillance, there is no way to characterize or prioritize the causes of work-related injury for prevention. METHODS: Injury data from 52 treatment sites in the Xuan Tien Commune, Vietnam with over 10,000 inhabitants were collected between January 1 and December 31, 2006. Injured residents were interviewed to determine work-relatedness, relevant causes, disability, and burden. RESULTS: Five hundred four work-related injuries were reported from formal treatment sites (incidence rate of 87 per 1,000 FTE) with a mean lost work day of 11 days. Four thousand five hundred seventy-four lost work day equivalents were estimated based on actual days lost to recover plus work days lost earning income to pay for medical costs, accumulating a total direct burden to the community of 8,641 lost work day equivalents. Almost half of that burden was caused by work in manufacturing. First aid boxes placed in 40 manufacturing enterprises yielded the 2nd highest reporting source. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated the feasibility and value at the local level to build an active injury surveillance system which could have a large impact on preventing the burden of injuries in workplaces in Vietnam. Am. J. Ind. Med. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Helen Marucci-Wellman; Tom B Leamon; Ta Thi Tuyet Binh; Nguyen Bich Diep; David H Wegman; David Kriebel |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-7 |
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Title: American journal of industrial medicine Volume: - ISSN: 1097-0274 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8101110 Medline TA: Am J Ind Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Massachusetts; School of Health and Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts. helen.wellman@libertymutual.com. |
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