Existence and Distribution of Government Associated Std Clinics - United States, 2017
Year: 2018
Type: other
Abstract: The COBATEST network of CBVCT services was created to share similar procedures to monitor the activity of CBVCT services across Europe in order to promote HIV testing and counselling, early diagnosis and care for hard-to reach groups, however the collected data quality is unknown. The aims of this study are to perform a data quality assessment from 2015 to 2016 and to assess CBVCT servicesu00b4 data integration into the national surveillance data. It was performed an assessment of the functional components of data management, and an evaluation of data quality based on dimensions. Half (53%) of CBVCT centres have a documented organizational structure that identifies roles for data management. Services that send disaggregated data have nobody designated to review the data quality. Overall, 82.4% (28) of the services reported having instructions on how to complete the data collection. The data management process is the weakest area, as just three services from the network had a written procedure to address any quality error, only 35.3% (n=12) of the surveyed services performed quality control and 29.4% (n=10) had an established procedure to resolve any discrepancies. Of all CBVCT services, 61.8% (n=21) reported that the service analyses the collected data in an independent manner from the network for internal purposes, 41.2% (n=14) used the information generated by the COBATEST network, and 11.8% (4) made decisions based on the collected data. The findings from this evaluation indicate that CBVCT services have reliable data to support quality planning and management of the services, though, data need to improve quality procedures in order to produce quality data to translate into evidence to support further expansion of CBVCT service in the EU/EEA, including by paving the way for CBVCT-generated data to be integrated into national surveillance systems.
Author: Beth Meyerson
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4213060539