Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 9 issue 1 2019
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Modified Delphi study to determine optimal data elements for inclusion in a pilot violence and injury observatory in Cape Town, South Africa
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Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 9 issue 1 2019
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Modified Delphi study to determine optimal data elements for inclusion in a pilot violence and injury observatory in Cape Town, South Africa
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Modified Delphi study to determine optimal data elements for inclusion in a pilot violence and injury observatory in Cape Town, South Africa
Subject
Delphi study
Optimal data elements
Violence surveillance systems
Violence observatories
Optimal data elements
Violence surveillance systems
Violence observatories
Description
Introduction: Violence and injury observatories (VIOs) are primarily a tool to aid safety and security stakeholders
within both governments and non-governmental organisations to develop interventions focused on violence
prevention and related to citizen safety issues. VIOs are centres that focus on collating and integrating violencerelated
injury data sources to monitor, evaluate, and study the progression of violence and crime in a targeted
region. In preparation for implementing a pilot VIO in Cape Town, we sought to determine the optimal indicators,
datasets and research priorities for inclusion.
Methods: The study employed a two-round Delphi study conducted via email. The Delphi panel constituted 21
participants. This included, but was not limited, to senior members of staff in the Provincial Health Services in
Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine, representatives from relevant data stakeholders and non-government
actors working in violence reduction.
Results: Fourteen violence-related indicators and 12 violence-related datasets reached consensus. Additionally,
research priorities were identified within 16 research themes across five different types of violence: elder abuse,
youth violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and armed violence. Finally, four data-sharing
questions raised by panellists after round one were answered by the Delphi panel following the second round.
Discussion: This study provides a research priority framework for violence and injury prevention work within
South Africa. These expert-identified violence and injury indicators and datasets are context-appropriate and
may serve to guide the development of additional VIOs within the region
within both governments and non-governmental organisations to develop interventions focused on violence
prevention and related to citizen safety issues. VIOs are centres that focus on collating and integrating violencerelated
injury data sources to monitor, evaluate, and study the progression of violence and crime in a targeted
region. In preparation for implementing a pilot VIO in Cape Town, we sought to determine the optimal indicators,
datasets and research priorities for inclusion.
Methods: The study employed a two-round Delphi study conducted via email. The Delphi panel constituted 21
participants. This included, but was not limited, to senior members of staff in the Provincial Health Services in
Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine, representatives from relevant data stakeholders and non-government
actors working in violence reduction.
Results: Fourteen violence-related indicators and 12 violence-related datasets reached consensus. Additionally,
research priorities were identified within 16 research themes across five different types of violence: elder abuse,
youth violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and armed violence. Finally, four data-sharing
questions raised by panellists after round one were answered by the Delphi panel following the second round.
Discussion: This study provides a research priority framework for violence and injury prevention work within
South Africa. These expert-identified violence and injury indicators and datasets are context-appropriate and
may serve to guide the development of additional VIOs within the region
Creator
Ardil Jabar, Shane Bjorkman, Richard Matzopoulos
Source
www.elsevier.com/locate/afjem
Publisher
AFEM
Date
13 November 2018
Contributor
PERI IRAWAN
Format
PDF
Language
ENGLISH
Type
TEXT
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Citation
Ardil Jabar, Shane Bjorkman, Richard Matzopoulos, “Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 9 issue 1 2019
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Modified Delphi study to determine optimal data elements for inclusion in a pilot violence and injury observatory in Cape Town, South Africa,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2378.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Modified Delphi study to determine optimal data elements for inclusion in a pilot violence and injury observatory in Cape Town, South Africa,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2378.