There are 15 Hospitals participating throughout Canada. BC Children’s is the only hospital in BC that has this program.
What is CHIRPP?
· A self reporting Injury Surveillance System (meaning that patients/parents fill out the form thereby giving/not giving permission to contact them for further research purposes. If the coordinator fills out the form contact for research is automatically NO)
Purpose of CHIRPP
· Collect high quality, accessible, timely data
· Provide quality assurance, software development
· Provide information on risk situations, populations at risk, new hazards
· Support and inform prevention programs, policy development, and research
· Provide a tool to assist in monitoring injury occurrence, evaluating prevention programs
· Assist in education of the public
Type of information collected
· All unintentional injuries (falls, MVC, burns, poisonings, alcohol, drugs etc) and intentional injuries (suicides, self inflicted, maltreatment) are collected
The who, what, why, when, where and how of injury events.
Treatment received
· Nature and body part involved
· Substance use (what they drank/or took)
· Intent – (accident, intentional, assault, maltreatment)
· Safety devices in use at the time of injury
How is data collected?
• Patient/Guardian fills out the CHIRPP green form) in ER
• Coordinator does chart review to collect missing data, forms are then sent to Ottawa, entered into the national database and a disk is sent back to each hospital.
Why is Injury Surveillance important?
• Provides a current “picture” of injury occurrence
• Identifying & tracking causes, subgroups at increased risk, and tracking emerging injury hazards
• Help establish priorities for research & intervention and evaluate effect of intervention strategies & prevention programs
Strengths
• Collection of information on the circumstances surrounding injuries.
• Information gathered directly from the patient or guardian
What do we do with the data collected?
The list below provides an idea of some of the reports that have been generated from CHIRPP data
CHIRPP Presentations
• A two year pilot study:
"Exploring Physical Intentional Assault Injuries in Children and Youth, Ages 10-17 years in Canada"
funded by the BC Telethon Competition using CHIRPP data.
• Oral presentation for the Injury Conference in Halifax:
“A Pilot Study on Intentional Assault Injuries in Children Ages 10 to 17 Years, in Canada”
• Oral presentation for the Injury Conference in Halifax:
“Deliberate Self Harm Cases Presenting to BC Children’s Hospital 1997-2002”
• Poster for Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention conference, Ottawa:
“Suicide Attempts and Gestures Among Children and Youth in BC 1997-2002”
• Poster for Injury Conference in Halifax:
“Injury Recurrence in The Pediatric Emergency Department”.
CHIRPP Publications
• Published in the” International Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion” (vol 14 Issue 3 September 2007)
“Sports-related Injuries: A Five Year Analysis from the Emergency Department at BC Children’s Hospital 1999-2003”
There are many more published papers using CHIRPP data
CHIRPP Posters
• Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting & Prevention Program.
“Why It Is Important & How You Can Make A Difference”
• Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting & Prevention Program
(Poster & pamphlet)
“Parents: Are You Aware?”
• Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting & Prevention Program
“British Columbia’s Data 1992-1999”
• Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting & Prevention Program
“Intentional Injury Among Children & Youth BCCH 1997-2001”
• Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting & Prevention Program
“Head Injuries Among Children & Youth At BCCH1992-2002”
• Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting & Prevention Program
“Suicide Attempts & Gestures Among Children & Youth in British Columbia”
CHIRPP Data 1997-2002
• Information pamphlets for the Emergency Department
“Parents – Are You Aware?”
Using the CHIRPP data on Alcohol & Street Drug use, Motor Vehicle Collision, Intentional Self Harm, Suicide Attempts and Gestures”
Contact CHIRPP Coordinator: Mhairi Nolan mnolan@cw.bc.ca