Equitably Collect, Analyze, and Disseminate Injury and Violence Data

14 and in communities. Developing population-specific data collection and sharing strategies between partners to improve access to appropriate and timely data is an important step to ensuring that data is shared with all community stakeholders in an equitable and responsive way. Finally, to improve access to community members, IVP programs should consider how the data is presented and communicated so that key points are clear and understandable to a wide variety of audiences.

Understanding how to measure success is a key strategy in advancing equity. Many communities are turning to frameworks such as Results-Based Accountability (RBA) to identify the best available data, develop a shared understanding of the data with community partners, and identify strategies that can address the root issues. Within the RBA’s step-by-step Turn the Curve process, indicators are selected based on how well it communicates to a broad audience (Communication Power), whether it is a good proxy for other indicators (Proxy Power), and whether the data is consistent and reliable (Data Power).