Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit Leads Data Analysis Workshop on Drowning Prevention in Bangladesh

On November 22-25, 2014, the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) team members, assistant scientist Kunle Alonge, research program coordinator Siran He and project coordinator, Shirin Wadhwaniya, arranged a data analysis workshop for the Saving of Lives from Drowning (SoLiD) project. The workshop, which took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, also included project collaborators from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) and the Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB).

The workshop was designed to give participants an overall understanding of data analysis principles. Dr. Alonge led the workshop with sessions on basic statistical concepts, exploratory data analysis, regression analysis and multi-level/random effects modeling.

Drs. Shams El Arifeen, from icddr,b, and Dr. Amin Rahman, from CIPRB both presented sessions on manuscript writing and Dr. Fazlur Rahman, also from CIPRB closed the session with a summary of the five-day workshop.

JH-IIRU director, Adnan Hyder, also participated (remotely, via Skype), presenting a session on writing principles and ethics related to publishing. 

The workshop also held labs to practice the statistical package Stata, and conduct data analysis based on SoLiD baseline data.  All participants found the workshop very useful in local capacity building.

The Saving of Lives from Drowning (SoLiD) in Bangladesh project aims to reduce the shocking number of childhood deaths due to drowning in the South Asian country.  This two-year study will allow researchers from JH-IIRU to examine how many lives can be saved using a package of interventions for children under five years old. To find out more about our drowning prevention work, click here.