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@article{Grégoire:2025:10.1016/j.puhe.2025.106102,
author = {Grégoire, V and Zhu, AW and Brown, CM and Brownstein, JS and Cardo, D and Cumming, F and Danila, R and Donnelly, CA and Duchin, JS and Fill, MA and Fullerton, K and Funk, S and George, D and Hopkins, S and Kraemer, MUG and Layton, M and Lessler, J and Lynfield, R and McCaw, JM and McPherson, TD and Moore, Z and Morgan, O and Riley, S and Rosenfeld, R and Samoff, E and Schaffner, W and Shaffner, J and Sturm, R and Terashita, D and Walke, H and Washington, RE and Rivers, CM},
doi = {10.1016/j.puhe.2025.106102},
journal = {Public Health},
title = {Public reporting guidelines for outbreak data: Enabling accountability for effective outbreak response by developing standards for transparency and uniformity.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.106102},
volume = {251},
year = {2025}
}
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AB - OBJECTIVES: There are few standards for what information about an infectious disease outbreak should be reported to the public and when. To address this problem, we undertook a consensus process to develop recommendations for what epidemiological information public health authorities should report to the public during an outbreak. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a Delphi study following the steps outlined in the ACcurate COnsensus Reporting Document (ACCORD) for health-related activities or research. METHODS: We assembled a steering committee of nine experts representing federal and state public health, academia, and international partners to develop a candidate list of reporting items. We then invited 45 experts, 35 of whom agreed to participate in a Delphi panel. Of those, 25 participated in voting in the first round, 25 in the second round, and 25 in the third round, demonstrating consistent engagement in the consensus-building process. The final stage of the Delphi process consisted of a hybrid consensus meeting to finalize the voting items. RESULTS: The Delphi process yielded nine core reporting items representing a minimum standard for public outbreak reporting: numbers of new confirmed cases, new hospital admissions, new deaths, cumulative confirmed cases, cumulative hospital admissions, and cumulative deaths, each reported weekly and at Administrative Level 1 (typically state or province), and stratified by sex, age group, and race/ethnicity. CONCLUSIONS: This minimum reporting standard creates a strong framework for uniform sharing of outbreak information and promotes consistency of data between jurisdictions, enabling effective response by promoting access to information about an unfolding epidemic.
AU - Grégoire,V
AU - Zhu,AW
AU - Brown,CM
AU - Brownstein,JS
AU - Cardo,D
AU - Cumming,F
AU - Danila,R
AU - Donnelly,CA
AU - Duchin,JS
AU - Fill,MA
AU - Fullerton,K
AU - Funk,S
AU - George,D
AU - Hopkins,S
AU - Kraemer,MUG
AU - Layton,M
AU - Lessler,J
AU - Lynfield,R
AU - McCaw,JM
AU - McPherson,TD
AU - Moore,Z
AU - Morgan,O
AU - Riley,S
AU - Rosenfeld,R
AU - Samoff,E
AU - Schaffner,W
AU - Shaffner,J
AU - Sturm,R
AU - Terashita,D
AU - Walke,H
AU - Washington,RE
AU - Rivers,CM
DO - 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.106102
PY - 2025///
TI - Public reporting guidelines for outbreak data: Enabling accountability for effective outbreak response by developing standards for transparency and uniformity.
T2 - Public Health
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.106102
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41420992
VL - 251
ER -