Use of a Web Forum and an Online Questionnaire in the Detection and Investigation of an Outbreak | Zendy

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Use of a Web Forum and an Online Questionnaire in the Detection and Investigation of an Outbreak

Author(s) -

Tammy Leigh Stuart Chester,

Marsha Taylor,

Jat Sandhu,

Sara Forsting,

Andrea Ellis,

R. Ferguson Stirling,

Eleni Galanis

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v3i1.3506

Subject(s) - outbreak , the internet , public health , web application , population , web 2.0 , world wide web , internet privacy , medicine , computer science , data science , environmental health , pathology

A campylobacteriosis outbreak investigation provides relevant examples of how two web-based technologies were used in an outbreak setting and potential reasons for their usefulness. A web forum aided in outbreak detection and provided contextual insights for hypothesis generation and questionnaire development. An online questionnaire achieved a high response rate and enabled rapid preliminary data analysis that allowed for a targeted environmental investigation. The usefulness of these tools may in part be attributed to the existence of an internet savvy, close-knit community. Given the right population, public health officials should consider web-based technologies, including web fora and online questionnaires as valuable tools in public health investigations.

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