Proposal for a modernized Iranian notifiable infectious diseases surveillance system: comparison with USA and Australia.

Azar, F. E. F.; Masoori, N.; Meidani, Z.; Paul, L.

This article reports on a comparative study of the national notifiable infectious diseases surveillance systems currently employed in the United States of America, Australia and the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the aim of developing a modified system specific to the needs of the Iranian health system. Features of the surveillance systems examined in each country included: official data gathering structures; types of data collected; case definition and classification criteria; data collection processes; data analysis methods; disease classification systems; data dissemination and distribution methods; data quality control; and confidentiality procedures and guidelines. After consolidating the data, a model for an Iranian notifiable infectious diseases surveillance system was developed and was tested by the Delphi method in 3 stages.

IRAN; UNITED States; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE disease diagnosis; PUBLIC health surveillance; PUBLIC health administration; DELPHI method; INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems -- Public health

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 7, p771

1020-3397

Academic Journal

10.26719/2010.16.7.771