Summary of Training and Capacity Development Workshops Conducted by the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) for
the Road Safety in 10 Countries Project (RS-10), 2010-2012
Workshop Title
Date
Location
Main Objective
Time Period
Surveillance Data Handling
August 2010
Cambodia
1 day
Evaluation Methods in Road
Safety-Observational Studies
and Roadside Interviews
Evaluation Methods in Road
Safety-Observational Studies
and Roadside Interviews
Monitoring and Evaluation in
Road Safety
September 2010
Cairo, Egypt
1 day
20
August 2010
Nairobi, Kenya
½ day
10
September 2010
London, UK
Special
session
10
Research Methodologies for
Roadside Surveillance
October 2010
Brasilia, Brazil
2 days
20
Evaluation Methods in Road
Safety-Observational Studies
and Roadside Interviews
Data Collection and
Management
December 2010
Suzhou, China
½ day
40
May 2011
Hyderabad, India
2 days
16
Data Collection and
Management
August 2011
Jalandhar, India
2 days
35
Workshop on Traffic Injuries
Prevention and Burden of
Disease in China
July 2011
Beijing, China
Train local collaborators on principles
and methods for injury surveillance
Teach local collaborators basic
principles of roadside observations
and interview studies
Teach local collaborators basic
principles of roadside observation
and interview studies
To provide collaborators with a
detailed overview of IIRU’s M&E
activities for RS-10
Teach local collaborators basic
principles of roadside observation
and interview studies
Teach local collaborators basic
principles of roadside observation
and interview studies
Train data collectors from local
institution and other partner agencies
on data collection protocols for
observational and interview studies
Train data collectors on data
collection protocols for observational
and interview studies
Address data gaps in surveillance and
registry systems
Number of
Participants
20
2 days
14
Evaluation Methods in Road
Safety-Observational Studies
Research Methods and
Analysis
August 2011
Data Analysis and
Management
September 2011
Ankara, Turkey
Monitoring and Evaluation for
RS-10
October 2011
Baltimore,
Maryland, USA
Evaluation Methods in Road
Safety-Observational Studies
November 2011
Belo Horizonte,
Brazil
Workshop: Findings from
Round 1 Data
Collection/Standardizing
Subsequent Rounds
RS-10 Workshop: Adjusting
Traffic Injury Data and
Measuring the Disease Burden
of Traffic Injuries in China
Workshop on the Role and
Implementation of Hospitalbased Trauma Registries
December 2011
New Delhi, India
December 2011
Beijing, China
March 2012
Naivasha, Kenya
National Workshop on
Evaluation Methods for Road
March 2012
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
September 2011
Guadalajara,
Mexico
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Teach local collaborators basic
principles of roadside observation
Provide an overview on research
methods, quality assurance in
research and statistical analysis
Teach local public health
professionals methods in data
analysis and database management
Discuss data collection strategies,
standardizing methods across
countries, and challenges. Plan for
more effective evaluation strategy in
each country
Teach local collaborators basic
principles of roadside observation
Discuss and learn from the findings
and experiences of the first round of
data collection and standardize
subsequent rounds
Training on adjusting traffic injury
data and measuring the disease
burden of traffic injuries in China
Train hospital district data collector
and hospital administrations (to then
train physicians) on the importance of
data collection and specific training
on data collection for the trauma
registry pilot
Capacity building for monitoring and
evaluation of national road safety
2 days
20
½ day
10
1 day
15
2 days
13
2 days
30
(associated
with an
international
conference)
2 days
12
2 days
8
½ day
5
3 days
30
Safety
Workshop on conducting
observational and roadside
survey studies on both risk
factors (seatbelt use and
speeding) in the Ivanovo
region
Collection of raw data on
health outcomes for all road
traffic injury cases across the
region within the RS-10
project
February 2012
Ivanovo, Russia
March 2012
Lipetsk, Russia
programs - evaluation design, data
collection, management, analysis, and
dissemination of findings.
Teach new appointed team of
2 days
professors and data collectors from
Ivanovo University to conduct both
observational studies and roadside
surveys on both risk factors: seatbelt
use and speeding
To provide collaborators (local MOH) 3 days
with a detailed overview of IIRU's
M&E activities for RS-10. Address
data gaps in surveillance and registry
systems.
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