Newspapers: a source for injury surveillance?
case_control · Level III
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 1566958.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 1694136.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Newspapers have not been extensively evaluated as an injury surveillance source. We compared clippings with medical examiner records for 45 residential fire deaths and 58 drownings of children to assess extent, completeness, and accuracy of newspaper coverage. Newspapers covered 96% of the fire fatalities and 78% of the drownings and contained more information than medical examiner records on several factors, including fire cause and smoke detector presence, pool fences, warning signs, and supervision of children.
Medical subject headings
- Drowning
- Fires
- Newspapers as Topic
- Population Surveillance