在COVID-19疫情期间的COVID-19病例,隔离和学生缺席率的学校级数据:了解失踪情况
Sanjana Pampati1,2, Zach Timpe3, Catherine Rasberry1
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
American journal of epidemiology
|October 9, 2024
概括
包括COVID-19病例和学生缺席在内的学校传染病监测数据显示,在疫情期间存在重大失踪. 对于可操作的公共卫生信息,需要标准化的定义和数据收集系统.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 学校卫生学校的健康
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,学校传染病监测面临的挑战变得更加突出.
- 在学校的学生缺席和传染病数据的可用性和完整性是不一致的.
- 现有的监控系统在实时数据收集和报告方面遇到了困难.
研究的目的:
- 评估学校传染病监测数据的可用性和完整性.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,确定影响K-12学校数据缺失的因素.
- 评估当前数据收集方法对公共卫生紧急情况的有用性.
主要方法:
- 一个由1602所公立K-12学校组成的全国样本参与了调查.
- 在2021-2022学年对学校管理人员进行了调查.
- 向卫生部门提出数据请求,以获得学校级的COVID-19病例数据.
主要成果:
- 对于学校级的COVID-19病例,隔离和学生缺勤情况,观察到高水平的缺失数据.
- 数据缺失随着时间的推移而增加,并根据学校的特点和报告协议而有所不同.
- 卫生部门的数据请求显示了类似的缺失和不一致的数据收集方法.
结论:
- 标准化的病例定义和监测系统对于公共卫生紧急情况期间的及时和可操作的数据至关重要.
- 改善基于学校的传染病监测需要国家标准化和强大的数据收集机制.
- 解决数据缺口对于教育环境中有效监测和应对传染病至关重要.
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