May 16, 2016BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Using short-message-service notification as a method to improve acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Papua New Guinea

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Why the study?

Does SMS notification improve acute flaccid paralysis surveillance reporting among healthcare professionals in Papua New Guinea?

Population

96 health care professionals in Papua New Guinea.

Comparison

Bi-monthly short-message-service reminders to… vs Pre-intervention period with standard reporting.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

14 months

Authors

SDSiddhartha Sankar DattaWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Europe BRBerry RopaNational Department of Health GSGerard Pai Sui

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

SMS implementation was associated with increased AFP reporting in Papua New Guinea; leaves open whether notifications improve surveillance in other resource-limited settings.

Structured PICO

Does SMS notification improve acute flaccid paralysis surveillance reporting among healthcare professionals in Papua New Guinea?

Population

96 health care professionals (including 44 pediatricians, 14 field epidemiology training program officers, 17 infection control officers, 13 provincial disease control officers, 4 NDoH officers, and 4 other healthcare professionals) in Papua New Guinea.

Intervention

Bi-monthly short-message-service (SMS) reminders to report cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) over 14 months (September 2012 to November 2013).

Comparator

Pre-intervention period (September 2009 to September 2012) with standard reporting.

Outcome

Number of reported acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases.

SMS messaging is an effective tool to increase timely reporting and improve disease surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis in resource-limited settings like Papua New Guinea.

Limitations

Improvement could be due to other sensitizing efforts
Observed improvement may be temporary
49% of registrants failed to respond to any SMS
Poor compliance with requested reporting format

Cite This Study

Datta et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a20255f6ed993cb49fbf3a1 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3062-5

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Implication

SMS implementation was associated with increased AFP reporting in Papua New Guinea; leaves open whether notifications improve surveillance in other resource-limited settings.

Using short-message-service notification as a method to improve acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Papua New Guinea

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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Using short-message-service notification as a method to improve acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Papua New Guinea

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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