Journal article
Communication Between Infectious Disease Physicians and US State and Local Public Health Agencies: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities
Public health reports (1974), Vol.131(5), pp.666-670
09/2016
DOI: 10.1177/0033354916660083
PMCID: PMC5230817
PMID: 28123206
Abstract
Strong working relationships between infectious disease (ID) physicians and public health have resulted in the early detection of emerging infectious threats. From May 6 through June 5, 2015, we surveyed ID physicians in the Infectious Diseases Society of America's Emerging Infections Network about communications with public health. A total of 688 of 1491 (46%) members completed the survey, 624 (91%) of whom knew how to reach their health department directly for an urgent issue. Only 38 (6%) described communications with their health department as poor. Interest in newer technologies (eg, mobile smartphone applications) showed mixed results. Interest in a smartphone application differed significantly by years of ID experience, with 81 of 146 (55%) respondents with <5 years of ID experience, 172 of 359 (48%) respondents with 5 to 24 years of ID experience, and 61 of 183 (33%) respondents with ≥25 years of ID experience in favor of a smartphone application (
< .001). As more physicians adopt newer communication technologies, health departments should be prepared to incorporate these tools to communicate with ID physicians.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Communication Between Infectious Disease Physicians and US State and Local Public Health Agencies: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities
- Creators
- Scott Santibañez - Emory UniversityPhilip M Polgreen - University of IowaSusan E Beekmann - Association of State and Territorial Health OfficialsCatherine Cairns - Association of State and Territorial Health OfficialsGregory A Filice - University of MinnesotaMarcelle Layton - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneJames M Hughes - Emory University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Public health reports (1974), Vol.131(5), pp.666-670
- DOI
- 10.1177/0033354916660083
- PMID
- 28123206
- PMCID
- PMC5230817
- NLM abbreviation
- Public Health Rep
- ISSN
- 0033-3549
- eISSN
- 1468-2877
- Grant note
- U50 CK000187 / NCEZID CDC HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2016
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359863602771
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