Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool
ObjectivesWith vector-borne diseases emerging across the globe, precipitated by climate change and other anthropogenic changes, it is critical for public health authorities to have well-designed surveillance strategies in place. Sentinel surveillance has been proposed as a cost-effective approach to...
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| author | Camille Guillot Camille Guillot Camille Guillot Catherine Bouchard Catherine Bouchard Cécile Aenishaenslin Philippe Berthiaume Philippe Berthiaume François Milord Patrick A. Leighton Patrick A. Leighton |
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| description | ObjectivesWith vector-borne diseases emerging across the globe, precipitated by climate change and other anthropogenic changes, it is critical for public health authorities to have well-designed surveillance strategies in place. Sentinel surveillance has been proposed as a cost-effective approach to surveillance in this context. However, spatial design of sentinel surveillance system has important impacts on surveillance outcomes, and careful selection of sentinel unit locations is therefore an essential component of planning.MethodsA review of the available literature, based on the realist approach, was used to identify key decision issues for sentinel surveillance planning. Outcomes of the review were used to develop a decision tool, which was subsequently validated by experts in the field.ResultsThe resulting decision tool provides a list of criteria which can be used to select sentinel unit locations. We illustrate its application using the case example of designing a national sentinel surveillance system for Lyme disease in Canada.ConclusionsThe decision tool provides researchers and public health authorities with a systematic, evidence-based approach for planning the spatial design of sentinel surveillance systems, taking into account the aims of the surveillance system and disease and/or context-specific considerations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9cbd772c0c45438c882a17c8a4e0e10a2022-12-22T03:35:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-11-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.10039491003949Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision toolCamille Guillot0Camille Guillot1Camille Guillot2Catherine Bouchard3Catherine Bouchard4Cécile Aenishaenslin5Philippe Berthiaume6Philippe Berthiaume7François Milord8Patrick A. Leighton9Patrick A. Leighton10Groupe de recherche en épidémiologie des zoonoses et santé publique (GREZOSP), Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, CanadaFaculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, CanadaCentre de recherche en santé publique de l'Université de Montréal et du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'île-de-Montréal (CReSP), Montréal, QC, CanadaGroupe de recherche en épidémiologie des zoonoses et santé publique (GREZOSP), Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, CanadaPublic Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, St. Hyacinthe, QC, CanadaGroupe de recherche en épidémiologie des zoonoses et santé publique (GREZOSP), Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, CanadaGroupe de recherche en épidémiologie des zoonoses et santé publique (GREZOSP), Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, CanadaPublic Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, St. Hyacinthe, QC, CanadaFaculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, CanadaGroupe de recherche en épidémiologie des zoonoses et santé publique (GREZOSP), Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, CanadaCentre de recherche en santé publique de l'Université de Montréal et du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'île-de-Montréal (CReSP), Montréal, QC, CanadaObjectivesWith vector-borne diseases emerging across the globe, precipitated by climate change and other anthropogenic changes, it is critical for public health authorities to have well-designed surveillance strategies in place. Sentinel surveillance has been proposed as a cost-effective approach to surveillance in this context. However, spatial design of sentinel surveillance system has important impacts on surveillance outcomes, and careful selection of sentinel unit locations is therefore an essential component of planning.MethodsA review of the available literature, based on the realist approach, was used to identify key decision issues for sentinel surveillance planning. Outcomes of the review were used to develop a decision tool, which was subsequently validated by experts in the field.ResultsThe resulting decision tool provides a list of criteria which can be used to select sentinel unit locations. We illustrate its application using the case example of designing a national sentinel surveillance system for Lyme disease in Canada.ConclusionsThe decision tool provides researchers and public health authorities with a systematic, evidence-based approach for planning the spatial design of sentinel surveillance systems, taking into account the aims of the surveillance system and disease and/or context-specific considerations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1003949/fullsentinel surveillance systemvector-borne disease (VBD)Lyme diseasedecision toolsurveillance planning |
| spellingShingle | Camille Guillot Camille Guillot Camille Guillot Catherine Bouchard Catherine Bouchard Cécile Aenishaenslin Philippe Berthiaume Philippe Berthiaume François Milord Patrick A. Leighton Patrick A. Leighton Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool Frontiers in Public Health sentinel surveillance system vector-borne disease (VBD) Lyme disease decision tool surveillance planning |
| title | Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool |
| title_full | Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool |
| title_fullStr | Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool |
| title_full_unstemmed | Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool |
| title_short | Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool |
| title_sort | criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector borne disease a decision tool |
| topic | sentinel surveillance system vector-borne disease (VBD) Lyme disease decision tool surveillance planning |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1003949/full |
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