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Criteria for the prioritization of public health interventions for climate-sensitive vector-borne diseases in Quebec.
Hongoh, Valerie; Gosselin, Pierre; Michel, Pascal; Ravel, André; Waaub, Jean-Philippe; Campagna, Céline; Samoura, Karim.
Affiliation
  • Hongoh V; The Research Group on Epidemiology of Zoonoses and Public Health (GREZOSP), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada.
  • Gosselin P; Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada.
  • Michel P; Institut national de santé publique Québec (INSPQ), Québec, Canada.
  • Ravel A; Ouranos, Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change, Montreal, Canada.
  • Waaub JP; The Research Group on Epidemiology of Zoonoses and Public Health (GREZOSP), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada.
  • Campagna C; National Microbiology Laboratory at Saint-Hyacinthe, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada.
  • Samoura K; The Research Group on Epidemiology of Zoonoses and Public Health (GREZOSP), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada.
PLoS One ; 12(12): e0190049, 2017.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29281726
ABSTRACT
Prioritizing resources for optimal responses to an ever growing list of existing and emerging infectious diseases represents an important challenge to public health. In the context of climate change, there is increasing anticipated variability in the occurrence of infectious diseases, notably climate-sensitive vector-borne diseases. An essential step in prioritizing efforts is to identify what considerations and concerns to take into account to guide decisions and thus set disease priorities. This study was designed to perform a comprehensive review of criteria for vector-borne disease prioritization, assess their applicability in a context of climate change with a diverse cross-section of stakeholders in order to produce a baseline list of considerations to use in this decision-making context. Differences in stakeholder choices were examined with regards to prioritization of these criteria for research, surveillance and disease prevention and control objectives. A preliminary list of criteria was identified following a review of the literature. Discussions with stakeholders were held to consolidate and validate this list of criteria and examine their effects on disease prioritization. After this validation phase, a total of 21 criteria were retained. A pilot vector-borne disease prioritization exercise was conducted using PROMETHEE to examine the effects of the retained criteria on prioritization in different intervention domains. Overall, concerns expressed by stakeholders for prioritization were well aligned with categories of criteria identified in previous prioritization studies. Weighting by category was consistent between stakeholders overall, though some significant differences were found between public health and non-public health stakeholders. From this exercise, a general model for climate-sensitive vector-borne disease prioritization has been developed that can be used as a starting point for further public health prioritization exercises relating to research, surveillance, and prevention and control interventions in a context of climate change. Multi-stakeholder engagement in prioritization can help broaden the range of criteria taken into account, offer opportunities for early identification of potential challenges and may facilitate acceptability of any resulting decisions.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Public Health Practice / Climate / Disease Vectors Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Canadá

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Public Health Practice / Climate / Disease Vectors Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Canadá