SynthesisBMC public health2015
Surveillance systems evaluation: a systematic review of the existing approaches.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Public Health Digital Surveillance Systems for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control at Mass Gatherings: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review of surveillance systems for AMR in Africa.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2022Pooled it
- Web-Based Apps for Responding to Acute Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Community: Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Pooled it
- Injury surveillance information system: A review of the system requirements.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2020Pooled it
- Responding to Climate and Environmental Change Impacts on Human Health via Integrated Surveillance in the Circumpolar North: A Systematic Realist Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Dementia registries around the globe and their applications: A systematic review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2017Pooled it
- Promised and Lottery Airtime Incentives to Improve Interactive Voice Response Survey Participation Among Adults in Bangladesh and Uganda: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Data Completeness and Acceptability of Annual Feedback Reports and Tuberculosis Surveillance in Spain, 2018-2024: Mixed Methods Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Design and implementation of an evaluation framework for the Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) system for international public health intelligence at the Robert Koch Institute, Germany, 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2026Article
- A framework for evaluating implementation, impact, and cost-effectiveness of wastewater and environmental surveillance.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Community-based surveillance programs in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and the DRC: a comparative assessment of integration in humanitarian crisis contexts.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- Systematic review on evaluation tools applicable to One Health surveillance systems: A call for adapted methodology.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Review
- Prevalence trends of transfusion-transmitted infections at a tertiary private hospital blood bank in Uganda: a retrospective 6-year review (2017-2022).BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance surveillance data sources in primary care setting: a scoping review.Family practice · 2025Article
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- A human sentinel surveillance framework for comprehensive exposure assessment in occupational and environmental health.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Implementation of One Health surveillance systems: Opportunities and challenges - lessons learned from the OH-EpiCap application.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of 17 years of MERIN (Meningitis and Encephalitis register in Lower Saxony, Germany) surveillance system: participants acceptability survey, completeness and timeliness of data.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Evaluation of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in a prison population: a mixed-methods approach.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundRegular and relevant evaluations of surveillance systems are essential to improve their performance and cost-effectiveness. With this in mind several organizations have developed evaluation approaches to facilitate the design and implementation of these evaluations.
methodsIn order to identify and to compare the advantages and limitations of these approaches, we implemented a systematic review using the PRISMA guidelines (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses).
resultsAfter applying exclusion criteria and identifying other additional documents via citations, 15 documents were retained. These were analysed to assess the field (public or animal health) and the type of surveillance systems targeted; the development process; the objectives; the evaluation process and its outputs; and the attributes covered. Most of the approaches identified were general and provided broad recommendations for evaluation. Several common steps in the evaluation process were identified: (i) defining the surveillance system under evaluation, (ii) designing the evaluation process, (iii) implementing the evaluation, and (iv) drawing conclusions and recommendations.
conclusionsA lack of information regarding the identification and selection of methods and tools to assess the evaluation attributes was highlighted; as well as a lack of consideration of economic attributes and sociological aspects.
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