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Lorann Stallones, PhD Professor and Director, Colorado Injury Control Research Center

Injury epidemiology- Participatory action research and quantitative approaches in small populations. Lorann Stallones, PhD Professor and Director, Colorado Injury Control Research Center. Learning objectives. To understand issues in injury epidemiology when studying small populations

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Lorann Stallones, PhD Professor and Director, Colorado Injury Control Research Center

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  1. Injury epidemiology- Participatory action research and quantitative approaches in small populations • Lorann Stallones, PhD • Professor and Director, Colorado Injury Control Research Center

  2. Learning objectives • To understand issues in injury epidemiology when studying small populations • To identify data to assess injury problems in small populations • To understand the role of participatory action research in the design of prevention and control programs in injury

  3. Performance objectives • Identify local data for injury surveillance • Understand the difficulties in describing injury patterns in small populations • Define participatory action research

  4. Data sources • Injuries which are severe or fatal are often reported in local news media (papers, radio, television)

  5. Data sources • Community leaders are likely to have information about people in their area who have suffered injuries

  6. Participatory Action Research • The key difference between participatory research and researcher directed work is the commitment to involvement of all groups to whom the results apply

  7. Participatory Action Research • Participants are involved in: • 1. Setting the research agenda, including development of the questions to be addressed

  8. Participatory Action Research • Participants are involved in: • 2. Defining how research will be conducted

  9. Participatory Action Research • Participants are involved in: • 3. Creating the change needed by monitoring and evaluating results

  10. Participatory Action Research • The researchers’ role in this type of work may be as the facilitator, but may also be as the expert to provide guidance when the participants request more input

  11. Participatory Action Research • Advantages of this approach are: • 1. Participants learn to conduct research

  12. Participatory Action Research • Advantages of this approach are: • 2. Research conducted better meets needs and interests of the participants

  13. Participatory Action Research • Advantages of this approach are: • 3. Research can continue and new programs can be developed in the future

  14. Conclusion • Combing local data with active participation of community residents provides a powerful approach to sustained development of injury prevention programs in areas where programs have been neglected

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