Identifying Common Data Elements to Achieve Injury-related Health Equity Across the Lifespan: A Consensus-Driven Approach

Kelsey M Conrick; Brianna Mills; Molly Fuentes; Janessa M Graves; Christopher St Vil; Monica S Vavilala; Eileen M Bulger; Saman Arbabi; Ali Rowhani-Rahbar; Megan Moore

doi:10.1089/heq.2023.0044

Identifying Common Data Elements to Achieve Injury-related Health Equity Across the Lifespan: A Consensus-Driven Approach

Health Equity. 2024 Apr 3;8(1):249-253. doi: 10.1089/heq.2023.0044. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Kelsey M Conrick¹, Brianna Mills^{2

3}, Molly Fuentes^{2

4}, Janessa M Graves^{2

5}, Christopher St Vil⁶, Monica S Vavilala^{2

7}, Eileen M Bulger^{2

8}, Saman Arbabi^{2

8}, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar³, Megan Moore^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Department of Rehabilitation, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵ College of Nursing, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA.
⁶ School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁸ Department of Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Abstract

Background: Limited availability and poor quality of data in medical records and trauma registries impede progress to achieve injury-related health equity across the lifespan.

Methods: We used a Nominal Group Technique (NGT) in-person workgroup and a national web-based Delphi process to identify common data elements (CDE) that should be collected.

Results: The 12 participants in the NGT workgroup and 23 participants in the national Delphi process identified 10 equity-related CDE and guiding lessons for research on collection of these data.

Conclusions: These high-priority CDE define a detailed, equity-oriented approach to guide research to achieve injury-related health equity across the lifespan.

Keywords: common data elements; health equity; injury; trauma registry; trauma systems.