title: Proposal for a modernized Iranian notifiable infectious diseases surveillance system: comparison with USA and Australia.
abstract: This article reports on a comparative study of the national notifiable infectious diseases surveillance systems currently employed in the United States of America, Australia and the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the aim ofdeveloping a modified system specific to the needs of the Iranian health system. Features of the surveillance systems examined in each country included: official data gathering structures; types of data collected; case definition and classification criteria; data collection processes; data analysis methods; disease classification systems; data dissemination and distribution methods; data quality control; and confidentiality procedures and guidelines. After consolidating the data, a model for an Iranian notifiable infectious diseases surveillance system was developed and was tested by the Delphi method in 3 stages.
authors.affiliation: School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. dr_febadi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: F E F
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Azar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masoori
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Meidani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003219:Confidentiality; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003697:Delphi Technique; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000379:methods*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D038801:International Classification of Diseases / Q000145:classification; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled