Evaluating the Variation on Public Health's Perceived Field Need of Communicable Disease Reports

Authors

  • Uzay Kirbiyik Indiana University, School of Medicine; Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
  • Roland Gamache Indiana University, School of Informatics; Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
  • Brian E. Dixon Indiana University, School of Informatics; Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
  • Shaun Grannis Indiana University, School of Medicine; Regenstrief Institute, Inc.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4557

Abstract

One of the factors affecting the quality of health data is the variation in public health practitioners' perceived value of the information. To better understand this variation, we asked four local public health practitioners' to evaluate the fields they use for four communicable diseases. We assessed their perceived value of these fields to initiate or complete communicable disease case reports and the variability in their responses.

Author Biography

Uzay Kirbiyik, Indiana University, School of Medicine; Regenstrief Institute, Inc.

Uzay Kirbiyik is an epidemiology doctoral student at Department of Public Health, IUSOM, IUPUI. He is also working as a population health research assistant at the Regenstrief Institute. He has an MPH degree from the same department. He holds a medical degree from Istanbul University, School of Medicine, Turkey. His research interests focuses on communicable disease networks, surveillance and disease reporting.

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Published

2013-03-24

How to Cite

Kirbiyik, U., Gamache, R., Dixon, B. E., & Grannis, S. (2013). Evaluating the Variation on Public Health’s Perceived Field Need of Communicable Disease Reports. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4557

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Poster Presentations