 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Moran Ki, MD, MPH, PhD1, Bo Youl Choi, MD, MPH, PhD2, Hye Kyong In, RN, MPH3, Jin Kyoung Oh, RN, MPH2, Eun Kyeong Jeong, MD MPH4, and Jongkoo Lee, MD, MPH, PhD4. (1) Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Eulji University, 143-5 Yongdu-Dong, Jung-Gu,301-832, Daejon, South Korea, 82-42-259-1717, mki@umich.edu, (2) Department of Preventive Medicine, Hanyang University, # 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, 133-791, Seoul, South Korea, (3) Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Eulji University, National Institute of Health, 143-5 Yongdu-Dong, Jung-Gu, Daejon, 301-832, South Korea, (4) Department of infectious diseases control, National Institute of Health, #5, Nokbun-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, 122-701, South Korea
1. Objectives
The purpose of
this study was development, application and evaluation of the system for
school-based sentinel surveillance on communicable disease.
2. Methods
The subjects were
70 schools in 7 areas. Nursing teachers reported the data on absentees at least
once per week. For evaluation of the system, the questionnaire surveys to
students were carried out in 1999 and 2001 in Gyonggi
province.
3. Results
The Simplicity,
acceptability, sensitivity and timeliness were relatively sufficient. Continual
upgrade of internet systems will be needed for improvement. Participation rates
were 97% during second semester of 2000 and 76.1% during first semester of
2001.More feedback and incentive will be needed to increase participation. Prediction
ability of epidemic was excellent. By comparing with the questionnaire, the
sensitivities were 43% in measles and 33% in mumps. When school vacation time were excluded the sensitivities were 73.7% and 44.4%,
respectively.
4. Conclusion
The
school-based sentinel surveillance system is simple, acceptable, sensitive, and
timely, and a potential for continual expansion. The key for improving this
system is close cooperation between the Ministry of education and the National
Institute of Health. The application area of this system can be expanded to various
problems related school health such as chronic diseases, injuries, and accidents.
This system can provide original data to any researchers for school health
related research by internet. Therefore, this system can be a superb tool for
improving health in schools.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Infectious Diseases, Surveillance
Related Web page: dis.mohw.go.kr/school/
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.