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The study aims to document lessons learned from a data linkage project focused on fatal drowning in a metropolitan area.

February 5, 2026Injury EpidemiologyOpen Access

Lessons learned in a data linkage project on fatal drowning

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A cross-sectional study documents challenges and insights in linking data to understand drowning epidemiology.

The study aims to document lessons learned from a data linkage project focused on fatal drowning in a metropolitan area.
Cross-sectional analysis of drowning victims of all ages in metropolitan Houston from 2016 to 2022.
Review and link twelve datasets related to drowning incidents.
Assess data ownership, governance, and security throughout the project.
Successfully linked eight out of twelve datasets.
Identified key issues related to data ownership and quality during planning.
Noted challenges in data security, sharing, and result dissemination during execution.

Shenoi et al. (2026) studied this question.

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