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  • Epidemiology
  • Risk Assessment

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  • Translating epidemiological evidence into effective outbreak management is challenging due to conflicting perspectives and time constraints.
  • Existing models aim to incorporate societal context into risk assessment to enhance intervention feasibility and implementation.
  • The World Health Organization's Rapid Risk Assessment of Acute Public Health Events model is a framework for such assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore public officials' views on integrating societal context information into infectious disease risk management.
  • To understand their experiences, expectations, and opinions regarding the use of societal context in outbreak control.
  • To identify challenges and opportunities in utilizing societal context for public health policy.

Main Methods:

  • Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 public officials in the Netherlands.
  • Participants were involved in infectious disease risk assessment and policy-making.
  • The study focused on their expert opinions on incorporating societal context into outbreak control strategies.

Main Results:

  • Most interviewees recognized the necessity of societal context information for effective infectious disease risk management.
  • Divergent views emerged regarding the specific types of societal information relevant for risk assessment.
  • Disagreements were noted on the optimal methods, timing, and responsibility for obtaining this contextual data.

Conclusions:

  • Systematically gathered societal context information can significantly benefit infectious disease outbreak control.
  • Identifying beneficial information and appropriate methods for its collection is crucial for improving risk management.
  • Explicit stakeholder assessment should be considered a foundational step in this process.