Evaluation of a Contact Tracing Training Program and Field Experience

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The study objective was to evaluate a contact tracing training program and the role of contact tracing on volunteers’ professional development.

Methods

A COVID-19 contact tracing program was conducted at an urban academic medical center, in collaboration with the local health department, between March 2020 and May 2021. Contact tracers, most of whom were health professions students, completed pretraining and post-training surveys to assess knowledge and self-efficacy to conduct contact tracing, plus an 18-month follow-up survey regarding career impacts.

Results

We observed statistically significant post-training increases in knowledge and self-efficacy to conduct contact tracing. Contact tracers described benefiting from training regarding cultural h

SUBMITTER: Strelau K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9334164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature