Village Doctors' Acceptability to a Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China

Authors

  • Yang Fei Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Yan Ding Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Biao Xu Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
  • Shaofa Nie Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Weirong Yan Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Vinod K. Diwan Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Rainer Sauerborn Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Hengjin Dong Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5204

Abstract

The present abstract is part of a broader research project to establish a syndromic surveillance system (ISS) in rural areas of China. Four counties in Jiangxi Province and Hubei Province were selected as study sites. As more than half of data collectors in the broader project are village doctors, a deeper understanding of the acceptability of village doctors is needed to guide decision makers. The purpose of this study is to identify different acceptability groups of village doctors and to explore factors influencing acceptability from their perspective.

Author Biography

Yang Fei, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

Yang Fei is doctoral student of Institute of Public health, Heidelberg University. Since Aug. 2010 she works as a junior researcher, mainly focus on feasibility and acceptability evaluation of ISSC project, an EU funded project on the early detection of infectious disease in rural China. Her research interests are on health system evaluation relative to infectious disease control or other essential health services in poor resource settings.

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

Fei, Y., Ding, Y., Xu, B., Nie, S., Yan, W., Diwan, V. K., … Dong, H. (2014). Village Doctors’ Acceptability to a Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5204

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Poster Presentations