%0 Journal Article %T Modified Delphi study to determine optimal data elements for inclusion in a pilot violence and injury observatory in Cape Town, South Africa %A Richard Matzopoulos %A Shane Bjorkman %J Archive of "African Journal of Emergency Medicine". %D 2019 %R 10.1016/j.afjem.2018.11.001 %X Violence and injury observatories (VIOs) are primarily a tool to aid safety and security stakeholders within both governments and non-governmental organisations to develop interventions focused on violence prevention and related to citizen safety issues. VIOs are centres that focus on collating and integrating violence-related injury data sources to monitor, evaluate, and study the progression of violence and crime in a targeted region. In preparation for implementing a pilot VIO in Cape Town, we sought to determine the optimal indicators, datasets and research priorities for inclusion %K Delphi study %K Optimal data elements %K Violence surveillance systems %K Violence observatories %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400015/