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Abstract #304590

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Activity Number: 318
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 9, 2005 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #304590
Title: Data Acquisition Issues in a Survey of Health Care Professionals in Hospitals and Local Health Departments Invited to Participate in the U.S. Smallpox Immunization Program
Author(s): Paul Levy*+ and Brian Evans and Brian Burke and Pascale Worthy and Ben Schwartze and Linda Quick
Companies: RTI International and RTI International and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Address: 106 Bolinwood Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27524,
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The smallpox response program initiated in 2002 and administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through 56 state and county health departments worked with hospitals and local health departments to provide critical services in the event of a smallpox attack in the U.S. This also included the formation of civilian response teams. Its major objective was to identify and vaccinate health care workers who would comprise the Smallpox Teams and serve as first responders in the event of a smallpox outbreak. A concomitant evaluation program investigated reasons why some individuals chose not to become vaccinated and information on how the program processes were implemented. We report on the design of the program evaluation, on obstacles faced in data acquisition, and on measures taken to overcome these obstacles. Many of the challenges were due to IRB, HIPAA, and accessibility issues caused by a study design that required our having to go through the state government, local hospital, and local health department bureaucracies where the designated first responders worked in order to gain access to them.

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