フィールド疫学研修プログラムの影響の評価: 出版された文献の記述的レビュー
James A Flint1, Tambri Housen2, Rachel Hammersley-Mather2
1University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia. james.flint@newcastle.edu.au.
Human resources for health
|August 27, 2025
まとめ
フィールド疫学訓練プログラム (FETP) は,公衆衛生の専門家を装備することに成功しています. しかし,長期的な利点を示し,利用上の課題に対処するために,より多くの影響評価が必要である.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 流行病学について
- 世界保健訓練
背景:
- フィールド疫学訓練プログラム (FETP) は,1950年代から世界的に確立されています.
- 世界中で98のFETPが運営され,20,000人以上の卒業生がいます.
- FETPは,病気の監視とアウトブレイク対応のための能力を構築することを目的としています.
研究 の 目的:
- 出版されたFETPの評価をレビューし,評価する.
- 既存のFETPの評価の範囲,方法,結果を特定する.
- 評価文献のギャップを強調し,特に長期的な影響について
主な方法:
- 体系的な文献検索により,402の初期記録から16の関連出版物が見つかりました.
- 評価は26カ国の37の国家評価と4つの地域評価を対象とした.
- ほとんどの研究は量的な方法を使用して,出力と短期から中期的な結果に焦点を当てました.
主要な成果:
- FETPの評価は,卒業生が健康システムを強化するためにスキルを適用していることを示しています.
- よく報告される成果は,監視と対応能力の改善です.
- 特定された課題は,卒業生の役割の理解が限られているため,卒業生の不足です.
結論:
- 既存の評価によると,FETPは成功している訓練イニシアチブである.
- 長期的影響評価の出版はかなり少ない.
- FETPの価値を証明するために,インパクト評価を支援するリソースの開発は極めて重要です.
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