Community-based surveillance: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Involving community members in identifying and reporting health events for public health surveillance purposes, an approach commonly described as community-based surveillance (CBS), is increasingly gaining interest. We conducted a scoping review to list terms and definitions used to characterize CBS, to identify and summarize available guidance and recommendations, and to map information on past and existing in-country CBS systems.

Methods

We searched eight bibliographic databases and screened the worldwide web for any document mentioning an approach in which community members both collected and reported information on health events from their community for public health surveillance. Two independent reviewers performed double blind screening and data collection,

SUBMITTER: Guerra J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461245 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature