Implementation of the World Health Organization Global Burn Registry: Lessons Learned

Burn injuries are a major cause of death and disability globally; however, the true epidemiologic burden is underestimated given the limited and fragmented availability of high-quality burn injury data from many regions. To address this gap, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry (...

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Published inAnnals of global health Vol. 88; no. 1; p. 34
Main Authors Hebron, Caitlin, Mehta, Kajal, Stewart, Barclay, Price, Patricia, Potokar, Tom
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Ubiquity Press 2022
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Burns
Data collection
Epidemiology
Hospitals
Information sharing
Injury prevention
Participation
Patients
Polls & surveys
Prevention
Process management
Quality control
Quality improvement
Questionnaires
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Summary:Burn injuries are a major cause of death and disability globally; however, the true epidemiologic burden is underestimated given the limited and fragmented availability of high-quality burn injury data from many regions. To address this gap, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry (GBR)-a minimum dataset aligned with a centralized registry-was officially launched in 2018 to facilitate hospital-level collection of key prevention, care, and outcome data from burn-injured patients around the world in a standardized manner. However, uptake and use of GBR has been low and inconsistent. Therefore, we aimed to identify and understand the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the GBR to inform the development of a web-based GBR implementation guide through the and . We designed and conducted web-based surveys with "GBR users" and "GBR non-users" using purposive sampling. Themes of identified barriers and facilitators focused on awareness of the GBR, stakeholder buy-in, resource constraints, process management, and utility of the registry. The lessons learned could support current and future GBR users to promote and maximize the use of the GBR. To achieve the GBR's full potential in global burn injury prevention and care, engagement with the GBR should be enhanced through education and promotion, development of a community of practice, tools for data utilization and quality improvement, and periodic re-evaluation.
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ISSN:2214-9996
2214-9996
DOI:10.5334/aogh.3669