Articles Vol. 64 No. 4 28/07/2023

5. KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AMONG GRASSROOTS HEALTH WORKERS IN VINH THANH DISTRICT, BINH DINH PROVINCE, 2022

Hua Thanh Thuy1,2, Nguyen Thi Cuong3,4, Hoang Khanh Chi5,6
1 Hanoi University of Public Health
2 Trường Đại học Y tế công cộng
3 Vinh Thanh District Health Center
4 Trung tâm y tế huyện Vĩnh Thạnh
5 IRD Vietnam
6 Tổ chức IRD Việt Nam
Corresponding author: htt@hupt.edu.vn
DOI: 10.52163/yhc.v64i4.727
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Keywords
Infectious disease surveillance, disease surveillance, grassroots health worker, community health staff.
Abstract

Objective: To describe knowledge and practice of infectious disease surveillance (IDS) among health workers at district and commune levels in Vinh Thanh district, Binh Dinh province, in 2022.

Methods: Cross-sectional study, quantitative interviews with 66 health workers by structured questionnaire, from January to October 2022 in Vinh Thanh district, Binh Dinh province.

Results and conclusion: Research showed that 66.67% of health workers have a satisfactory general knowledge of IDS, the highest in data management and data collection (92.31%), and lowest in the knowledge of weekly reporting time (30.3%). Regarding IDS practice, 62.12% of health workers met the general requirements: good practice included IDS reporting (over 90%), data collection (over 85%), and weak practice included data analysis, risk assessment, pandemic situation identification and solution proposal (33.33%-60%).

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