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2012-07-31Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-576
The FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011 – A practical example for tailoring an event-specific enhanced infectious disease surveillance system
dc.contributor.authorTakla, Anja
dc.contributor.authorVelasco, Edward
dc.contributor.authorBenzler, Justus
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T15:46:55Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T15:46:55Z
dc.date.created2012-08-20
dc.date.issued2012-07-31none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/reYNHh22lltY/PDF/22ChXMfNriwns.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/1260
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mass gatherings require a decision from public health authorities on how to monitor infectious diseases during the event. The appropriate level of enhanced surveillance depends on parameters like the scale of the event (duration, spatial distribution, season), participants’ origin, amount of public attention, and baseline disease activity in the host country. For the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2006, Germany implemented enhanced surveillance. As the scale of the FIFA Women’s World Cup (June 26 – July 17, 2011) was estimated to be substantially smaller in size, visitors and duration, it was not feasible to simply adopt the previously implemented measures. Our aim was therefore to develop a strategy to tailor an event-specific enhanced surveillance for this smaller-scale mass gathering. Methods: Based on the enhanced surveillance measures during the Men’s Cup, we conducted a needs assessment with the district health authorities in the 9 host cities in March 2011. Specific measures with a majority consent were implemented. After the event, we surveyed the 9 district and their corresponding 7 state health authorities to evaluate the implemented measures. Results All 9 district health authorities participated in the pre-event needs assessment. The majority of sites consented to moving from weekly to daily (Monday-Friday) notification reporting of routine infectious diseases, receiving regular feedback on those notification reports and summaries of national/international World Cup-relevant epidemiological incidents, e.g. outbreaks in countries of participating teams. In addition, we decided to implement twice-weekly reports of “unusual events” at district and state level. This enhanced system would commence on the first day and continue to one day following the tournament. No World Cup-related infectious disease outbreaks were reported during this time period. Eight of 9 district and 6 of 8 state health authorities participated in the final evaluation. The majority perceived the implemented measures as adequate. Conclusions: Our approach to tailor an event-specific enhanced surveillance concept worked well. Involvement of the participating stakeholders early-on in the planning phase secured ownership of and guaranteed support for the chosen strategy. The enhanced surveillance for this event resulted as a low-level surveillance. However, we included mechanisms for rapid upscaling if the situation would require adaptations.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
dc.subjectHumanseng
dc.subjectFemaleeng
dc.subjectGermany/epidemiologyeng
dc.subjectPopulation Surveillance/methodseng
dc.subjectWorld Healtheng
dc.subjectAnniversaries and Special Eventseng
dc.subjectCommunicable Disease Control/methodseng
dc.subjectCommunicable Diseases/epidemiologyeng
dc.subjectSoccereng
dc.subjectNeeds Assessmenteng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleThe FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011 – A practical example for tailoring an event-specific enhanced infectious disease surveillance system
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10026649
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2458-12-576
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/1185
local.edoc.container-titleBMC Public Health
local.edoc.container-textTakla, A., Benzler, J., Velasco, E. The FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany 2011 - A practical example for tailoring an event-specific enhanced infectious disease surveillance system (2012) BMC Public Health, p. 576.
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local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
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local.edoc.container-urlhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/576
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local.edoc.container-volume12
local.edoc.container-issue576
local.edoc.container-year2012

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