An assessment of epidemiological capacity of infectious disease in institutions of disease control and prevention / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate epidemiological capacity of infectious disease in institutions of disease control and prevention,and to improve the ability of infectious disease control and prevention. Methods Questionnaires of epidemiological capacity of infectious disease evaluation in institutions of disease control and prevention which contained surveillance analysis,emergency response,plan system and so on were used to evaluate epidemiological capacity of infectious disease in all of city,district or county level of center for disease control and prevention in Ningbo,Shaoxing, Quzhou.The degree of attainment for the ability or (and)resources was divided into vary bad,bad,average,and good. Descriptive epidemiological methods were used to perform analysis and evaluation.Results The capability for monitoring notifiable infectious diseases reaching to good was 1 9 (76.00%),greater than that in non -statutory communicable diseases 2 (8.00%). Twenty four (96.00%) institutions reported that the most important factor limiting the epidemiological capacity of infectious disease was lack of human resources,and 20 (80.00%)of institutions supported infectious disease epidemiology staff to publish articles in academic journals,but scientific research ability reaching to good was 3(1 2.00%).Training subordinate institution capacity reaching to good was 1 0(40.00%),with 2 (8.00%)reporting very bad.Most abilities were not significant across different regions,only significant in non -statutory communicable diseases surveillance (χ2 =7.04,P =0.03).Conclusion Institutions of disease control and prevention had a certain epidemiological capacity of infectious disease,and almost balance in different regions.For further enhancing the ability,it is necessary to increase the number of personnel,and to improve the ability of education and training.