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Capacity and Needs Assessment for Establishing a Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China: A Mixed Study

Author(s) -

Tao Tao,

Qi Zhao,

Huijian Cheng,

Weirong Yan,

Hengjin Dong,

Biao Xu

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5053

Subject(s) - incentive , data collection , china , medicine , data quality , sustainability , quality (philosophy) , environmental health , business , computer science , geography , marketing , ecology , metric (unit) , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , epistemology , economics , biology , microeconomics

This mixed study assessed the capacity and needs for establishing a syndromic surveillance system in rural China. Findings showed that the study sites had basic capacity for establishing syndromic surveillance system, but potential obstacles lied in the data collection and reporting, data quality control, acceptability of local workers and long-term sustainability. Customized trainings and incentive measures were necessary to facilitate its implementation.

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