利用学校感染数据解决社区COVID-19数据缺口
Eba Moreda1, Hedille Al-Dhalimy1, Mary Ha1
1Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
|December 26, 2023
概括
在家进行COVID-19测试造成了重大的公共卫生数据差距. 利用幼儿园到12年级 (K-12) 的学校数据可以补充社区监测并改善未来的应急响应.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生监督 公共卫生监督
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染病数据管理 传染病数据管理
背景情况:
- 在美国 (从2021年4月开始) 广泛的家庭COVID-19测试缺乏向公共卫生机构报告的基础设施,造成数据缺口.
- 幼儿园到12年级 (K-12) 的学校跟踪了COVID-19病例,提供了一个潜在的数据源来补充公共卫生信息.
- 该研究解决了在公共卫生紧急情况期间强有力的数据收集的关键需求.
研究的目的:
- 评估家庭COVID-19测试对公共卫生数据完整性的影响.
- 评估利用K-12学校报告的感染数据来弥合社区数据缺口的潜力.
- 在未来的公共卫生危机中,为减少数据缺口的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 校区报告的感染率与2021年3月至2022年6月的社区感染率进行比较.
- 在三个不同的研究期间计算出每周社区和地区的感染率比率.
- 分析了这些报告比率的变化,以量化随时间的数据差异.
主要成果:
- 在2021年春天,在家庭测试使用广泛之前,社区测试率超过了学校测试率 (比率1.40).
- 随着家庭测试的增加 (2021年秋季,2022年春季),学校的测试率超过了社区的测试率 (比率:0.82,0.66).
- 在2021年春季至2021年秋季和2022年春季期间,报告率的显著下降被观察到.
结论:
- 在家进行COVID-19测试对公共卫生数据缺口做出了重大贡献.
- 在公共卫生紧急情况下,K-12学校数据为社区监测提供了有价值的补充.
- 标准化报告方法和专用资源对于未来有效整合学校数据至关重要.
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