Evaluating Behavioral Health Surveillance Systems

Azofeifa, Alejandro; Stroup, Donna F.; Lyerla, Rob; Largo, Thomas; Gabella, Barbara; Smith, Camille; Truman, Benedict I.; Brewer, Robert D.; Brener, Nancy D.

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“…For pilot collection and reporting of the SA/MH indicators, the CSTE alcohol surveillance system was implemented in New Mexico and evaluated by using attributes defined in CSTE and CDC guidelines (9,10), using both qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods. Because the data for the CSTE alcohol surveillance system come from existing data sources, attributes are a function of those data sources.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In these instances, each data source will be discussed alongside the CSTE alcohol surveillance system. Using both evaluation frameworks (9,10), system attributes were assessed as follows:…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Evaluating public health surveillance systems is critical to ensure that resulting data are timely and useful for actionable public health interventions and that resources required for surveillance are adequate (9). Existing guidelines for evaluating public health surveillance systems are used generally for infectious diseases but present challenges for use with behavioral health surveillance systems (10,11).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Existing guidelines for evaluating public health surveillance systems are used generally for infectious diseases but present challenges for use with behavioral health surveillance systems (10,11). To address this gap, CSTE formed a workgroup to revise and adapt the existing guidelines to evaluate behavioral health surveillance systems (9). These revisions, along with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (10,11) were used to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate the CSTE alcohol surveillance system implemented in New Mexico.…”

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Evaluating Surveillance for Excessive Alcohol Use in New Mexico

Hagemeyer

Azofeifa

Stroup³

et al. 2018

Prev. Chronic Dis.

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Purpose and ObjectivesPrevalence of excessive alcohol use and alcohol-attributable mortality is much higher in New Mexico than in other US states. In 2010, excessive alcohol use cost the state roughly $2.2 billion. Moreover, age-adjusted deaths from alcohol-related chronic liver disease increased 52.5% from 14.1 cases in 2010 to 21.5 cases in 2016. In 2017, the New Mexico Department of Health piloted the Recommended Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Surveillance Indicators for Substance Abuse and Mental Health, using 5 indicators to monitor alcohol use and health consequences. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the alcohol surveillance system implemented in New Mexico to ensure that the system yields useful, timely data that can help create effective public health interventions and that resources required for surveillance are adequate.Intervention ApproachCSTE alcohol surveillance system data come from existing national and state-based surveys and vital statistics.Evaluation MethodsThis evaluation assessed attributes defined in Evaluating Behavioral Health Surveillance Systems and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for evaluating public health surveillance systems. Assessment was informed through data collection, systematic literature review searches, and an interview with the alcohol epidemiologist at New Mexico Department of Health.ResultsThe CSTE alcohol surveillance system in New Mexico is a useful, stable, and accepted system with good representativeness and population coverage. Data sharing and collaboration between centers within New Mexico Department of Health are well-established, making data access easy and timely. Lastly, the resources required for data collection are accountable and adequate.Implications for Public HealthThe CSTE alcohol surveillance system brings together information (alcohol consumption behaviors and associated morbidity, mortality, and policy-related measures) necessary to show a clear picture of the alcohol effects in New Mexico. This information yields useable, timely data from which the state can monitor trends and develop interventions to reduce the prevalence of alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality.

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Section: Evaluation Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In these instances, each data source will be discussed alongside the CSTE alcohol surveillance system. Using both evaluation frameworks (9,10), system attributes were assessed as follows:…”

Section: Evaluation Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluating Surveillance for Excessive Alcohol Use in New Mexico

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Azofeifa

Stroup³

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“…Nor can we rely solely on public opinion polls to provide this information. Instead, we need investment at the federal level to provide states and localities with the resources they require to develop sound behavioral surveillance systems, allowing them to collect complete and valid data in a timely manner [31]. Evaluating changes in face mask use across time and within various population segments will allow for rapid adjustments to SARS-CoV-2 messaging and, if called for, the development of new and enhanced interventions to promote mask use.…”

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Barrier Methods for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases: Decades of Condom Research can Inform the Promotion of Face Mask Use

2020

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Let's consider two seemingly unrelated protective behaviors: using a condom to interrupt the transmission of HIV and wearing a mask to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. At first blush, these two activities would seem to have very little in common. Not only do they involve distinctly different features of the human anatomy but the latter (i.e., mask wearing) is a practice typically adopted in public venues, while the former takes place in the most private of settings. Yet, on closer consideration, there are discernable similarities between these two practices. Both actions are often perceived as inconvenient or troublesome, fettering as they do, natural biologic activities. Furthermore, despite documented efficacy, the prevention effectiveness of both requires ready access to the needed gear along with the knowledge and skills of how to properly and consistently use said gear. Just as there are incorrect ways to don and doff a condom, masks, too, can be worn in a fashion that defeats their intended purpose. And finally, the uptake of both of these prevention practices can be significantly influenced by our own attitudes as well as the attitudes and practices of our peers and other, so-called, opinion leaders. This rather metaphorical comparison is offered not as an exercise in intellectual calisthenics, but to assert that efforts to promote the consistent and proper use of face masks to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 will require the same breadth of scientific underpinning that went into our national efforts to promote condom use during the first decades of the AIDS epidemic. Currently, much of the discussion surrounding mask wearing as a strategy to prevent the further spread of SARS-CoV-2 has focused on the need for mandatory regulations to enforce consistent use [1]. While we * Ronald O. Valdiserri

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Nutzung von Routinedaten aus Notaufnahmen zur Surveillance von Suizidversuchen und psychiatrischen Notfällen

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Thom

Boender

et al. 2021

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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die Häufigkeit von Suizidversuchen ist ein zentraler Indikator der psychischen Gesundheit der Bevölkerung und daher Gegenstand der Mental Health Surveillance am Robert Koch-Institut. Da bisher keine Datenquellen systematisch zur kontinuierlichen Erfassung von psychiatrischen Notfällen – zu denen Suizidversuche zählen – herangezogen werden, wird die Nutzung von Routinedaten aus Notaufnahmen zu diesem Zweck geprüft. Methoden Routinedaten aus 12 Notaufnahmen wurden für den Zeitraum 01.01.2018–28.03.2021 ausgewertet. Syndromdefinitionen für Suizidversuche, psychiatrische Notfälle und psychische Symptomatik wurden als Kombinationen aus Vorstellungsgründen und Diagnosen entwickelt. Fälle wurden alters- und geschlechtsspezifisch sowie im Zeitverlauf dargestellt. Ergebnisse Von insgesamt 1.516.883 Notaufnahmevorstellungen wurden 5133 (0,3 %) als Suizidversuche, 31.085 (2,1 %) als psychiatrische Notfälle und 34.230 (2,3 %) als Fälle mit einer psychischen Symptomatik identifiziert. 16,5 % der psychiatrischen Notfälle wurden so als Suizidversuch eingeschätzt. Unter den Suizidversuchen entfallen 53,4 % auf Männer und insgesamt 20,2 % auf die Altersgruppe der 25- bis 34-Jährigen. Alle 3 Syndromdefinitionen können über den gesamten Beobachtungszeitraum Fälle sowie deren zeitliche Variation abbilden. Fazit Notaufnahmedaten zeigen Potenzial zur syndromischen Surveillance von Suizidversuchen und psychiatrischen Notfällen und bieten damit einen Ausgangspunkt für weitere Validierung und Analyse. Die Abbildung von Veränderungen in Echtzeit erweitert die bisherigen Forschungsmöglichkeiten zu psychiatrischen Notfällen in Deutschland. Eine systematische Surveillance von Suizidversuchen kann zu einer evidenzbasierten Suizidprävention beitragen.

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Evaluating Behavioral Health Surveillance Systems

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

Evaluating Surveillance for Excessive Alcohol Use in New Mexico

Evaluating Surveillance for Excessive Alcohol Use in New Mexico

Barrier Methods for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases: Decades of Condom Research can Inform the Promotion of Face Mask Use

Nutzung von Routinedaten aus Notaufnahmen zur Surveillance von Suizidversuchen und psychiatrischen Notfällen

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