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- Title
Evaluation of the Epidemiological Activities Surveillance Program for Communicable Diseases at the Primary Health Care Centers in Al-Najaf Governorate.
- Authors
Mohamed Abd Al-Hay Kamel Al-Ziyara; Masoud Abdullah, Maliha; Shaaban Hassan, Khadija
- Abstract
Background: Surveillance of communicable diseases is an important tool for monitoring trends, identifying the target population for vaccination programs, and evaluating programs' effectiveness to prevent and control target diseases. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study, conducted at six health care sectors (Al Kufa sector, Northern sector, Southern sector, Al-Mishkhab sector, Al-Munadhira Sector, and Abbasiya sector), which include 24 out of 48 primary health care centers in Al Najaf governorate. were randomly chosen by multistage sampling technique from all sectors, then randomized samples from each sector. Results: Results shows that studied item subjected to evaluation was with a pass level on degree of "≥ 50 % regarding satisfied with the surveillance system. Conclusion: The current study demonstrates which all health centers had a pass level > 50 except three main axes (Data Analysis, Epidemic Preparedness, and Training ) had weak evaluation level.
- Subjects
IRAQ; COMMUNICABLE disease epidemiology; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; PUBLIC health surveillance; HEALTH facilities; EVALUATION of human services programs; LOCAL government; CROSS-sectional method; EXECUTIVES; SATISFACTION; PRIMARY health care; GOVERNMENT programs; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUALITY assurance; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); STATISTICAL sampling
- Publication
Medico-Legal Update, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 3, p536
- ISSN
0971-720X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37506/mlu.v21i3.3042