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Abstract #156715

Brianna C. Kopp, MPH¹, Ann Christiansen, MPH², Stephen W. Hargarten, MD, MPH², Karen Ordinans³, Randall L. Glysch, MS⁴, and Linda Hale, BSN, RN, EMT⁵. (1) Injury Prevention Program, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, P.O. Box 2659, 1 W. Wilson Street, Rm 233, Madison, WI 53701-2659, 608.267.6716, koppbc@dhfs.state.wi.us, (2) Injury Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509, (3) Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin, 1533 N. RiverCenter Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53212-3913, (4) Tobacco Prevention and Control Section, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, P.O. Box 2659, 1 W. Wilson Street, Rm 233, Madison, WI 53701-2659, (5) Family Health Section, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, P.O. Box 2659, 1 W. Wilson Street, Rm 351, Madison, WI 53701-2659

Purpose: Injuries are the leading cause of death in Wisconsin residents ages 1-44 years and result in over $1 billion in unnecessary medical costs each year in the state. Due to the locally-controlled public health structure in Wisconsin, public health practitioners, officials, and researchers need data presented on a smaller geographic scale. The Burden of Injury in Wisconsin report was created to provide access to comprehensive, county specific, easy-to-use data for use at state and local levels, for government, academic, and community entities.

Methods: The Injury Research Center-Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services collaborated to produce a report that captures the injury burden at state and county levels. External cause of injury codes were obtained from death, hospitalization, and emergency department visit records to provide frequency and rate calculations in the report. Injury-related hospitalization and emergency department charges were also included.

Results: The report presented the leading causes of injury from 2002-2004 overall in Wisconsin and in each of its 72 counties. The injury burden was presented across the lifespan, with county-specific rates compared to the overall state rates.

Conclusions: The positive impacts from this effort were four-fold: 1) availability of much-needed data to local and state government, academic and community organizations; 2) strengthening of partnerships through a unique collaboration; 3) increased awareness of injury as a public health problem through coordinated dissemination efforts to public health departments and officials; 4) dissemination to policy and decision makers.

Learning Objectives:

• -Learn methods used to develop a state-based data tool to better understand the burden of injury.
• -Understand the benefit of development of this tool in a collaborative manner across organizations.
• -Increase knowledge of the importance of organized and tailored dissemination for widespread use and success of data tools.
• -Discuss potential for policy implications through a well-developed data tool and dissemination plan.

Keywords: Injury, Collaboration

Related Web page: dhfs.wisconsin.gov/health/injuryprevention/pdffiles/injuryreport.pdf

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.