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The Containment Scouts: First Insights into an Initiative to Increase the Public Health Workforce for Contact Tracing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany
dc.contributor.authorSaid, Dunja
dc.contributor.authorBrinkwirth, Simon
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Angelina
dc.contributor.authorMarkwart, Robby
dc.contributor.authorEckmanns, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-02T09:56:52Z
dc.date.available2022-02-02T09:56:52Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-03none
dc.identifier.other10.3390/ijerph18179325
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/9336
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic in Germany has demanded a substantially larger public health workforce to perform contact tracing and contact management of COVID-19 cases, in line with recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO). In response, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) established the national “Containment Scout Initiative” (CSI) to support the local health authorities with a short-term workforce solution. It is part of a range of measures for strengthening the public health system in order to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany. The CSI is an example of how solutions to address critical health system capacity issues can be implemented quickly. It also demonstrates that medical or health-related backgrounds may not be necessary to support health authorities with pandemic-specific tasks and fulfil accurate contact tracing. However, it is a short-term solution and cannot compensate for the lack of existing qualified staff as well as other deficits that exist within the public health sector in Germany. This article describes the structure and process of the first phase of this initiative in order to support health policymakers, public health practitioners, and researchers considering innovative and flexible approaches for addressing urgent workforce capacity issues.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectcontact tracingeng
dc.subjectcontact managementeng
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2eng
dc.subjectCOVID-19eng
dc.subjectcontainment scoutseng
dc.subjectpublic health workforceeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleThe Containment Scouts: First Insights into an Initiative to Increase the Public Health Workforce for Contact Tracing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germanynone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/9336-9
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthnone
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/17/9325none
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameMDPInone
local.edoc.container-volume18none
local.edoc.container-issue17none
local.edoc.container-year2021none
local.edoc.container-firstpage1none
local.edoc.container-lastpage10none
local.edoc.rki-departmentInfektionsepidemiologienone
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