Abstract
BackgroundInjury and incident (near miss) prevention is heavily dependent upon robust and high-quality data systems. Evaluations of surveillance systems designed to report factors associated with incidents and injuries are essential to understand their value, as well as to improve their performance and efficiency. Despite, this there have been few such evaluations published in the peer-review literature.MethodsThe attitudes and experiences of industry representatives who used one of two variants of an incident and injury surveillance system to collect injury and incident data for the led outdoor activity setting were obtained through an online self-report survey following a 12-month trial. Survey respondents were 18 representatives of 33 organisations who were users of a comprehensive incident reporting and surveillance system – the Understanding and Preventing Led Outdoor Accidents Data System Software Tool (UPLOADS-ST) - and six out of 11 users of a modified system (UPLOADS-Lite). The survey collected information on user experiences in relation to system training, accessibility, ease of use, security, feedback and perceived value to the sector of collating and reporting data across organisations.FindingsOnly four UPLOADS-ST responding users found the system easy to use and just three considered entering incident reports to be easy. However, many considered the training on reporting incidents to be sufficient and that the incident reports contained relevant details. Fewer than half of respondents (seven for UPLOADS-ST, three for UPLOADS-Lite) believed entering data was a good use of staff time and resources. Nonetheless, a majority of respondents (seven for UPLOADS-ST, five for UPLOADS-Lite) found the reporting format easy to read and felt the information provided was useful for their organisation.ConclusionsUsability barriers to incident reporting were identified, particularly for UPLOADS-ST, including time constraints and user friendliness. The majority of users believed aggregating and reporting incident and injury data across organisations would be of value in making the led outdoor activity sector safer. Improving the utility of the surveillance systems will assist in ensuring their sustainability in the led outdoor activity sector.
Highlights
Accurate and timely information about injuries and near-miss incidents from data collection and reporting systems is needed to inform the identification and implementation of preventive solutions that can reduce the risk of harm
Improving the utility of the surveillance systems will assist in ensuring their sustainability in the led outdoor activity sector
The majority of UPLOADS-ST users and all UPLOADS-Lite users agreed/strongly agreed that the security and privacy of the systems were adequate for organisations and led outdoor activities participants
Summary
Accurate and timely information about injuries and near-miss incidents from data collection and reporting systems is needed to inform the identification and implementation of preventive solutions that can reduce the risk of harm. The effectiveness of training and resource materials provided to guide use of the system, and the level of infrastructure and resourcing devoted to data collection and reporting by organisations, are important considerations for data system implementation and sustainability (Kerr et al, 2014; Finch & Staines, 2018). Evaluations of surveillance systems designed to report factors associated with incidents and injuries are essential to understand their value, as well as to improve their performance and efficiency. Despite, this there have been few such evaluations published in the peer-review literature
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