Users’ perception of the OH-EpiCap evaluation tool based on its application to nine national antimicrobial resistance surveillance systems

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  • Pedro Moura
  • Lucie Collineau
  • Marianne Sandberg
  • Laura Tomassone
  • Daniele De Meneghi
  • Madelaine Norström
  • Houda Bennani
  • Barbara Häsler
  • Mélanie Colomb-Cotinat
  • Clémence Bourély
  • Maria Eleni Filippitzi
  • Sarah Mediouni
  • Elena Boriani
  • Muhammad Asaduzzaman
  • Manuela Caniça
  • Cécile Aenishaenslin
  • Lis Alban

Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a One Health (OH) challenge. To achieve or maintain an effective and efficient AMR surveillance system, it is crucial to evaluate its performance in meeting the proposed objectives, while complying with resource restrictions. The OH-EpiCap tool was created to evaluate the degree of compliance of hazard surveillance activities with essential OH concepts across the following dimensions: organization, operational activities, and impact of the surveillance system. We present feedback on the application of the OH-EpiCap tool from a user’s perspective, based on the use of the tool to evaluate nine national AMR surveillance systems, each with different contexts and objectives. Methods: The OH-EpiCap was assessed using the updated CoEvalAMR methodology. This methodology allows the evaluation of the content themes and functional aspects of the tool and captures the user’s subjective experiences via a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) approach. Results and Discussion: The results of the evaluation of the OH-EpiCap are presented and discussed. The OH-EpiCap is an easy-to-use tool, which can facilitate a fast macro-overview of the application of the OH concept to AMR surveillance. When used by specialists in the matter, an evaluation using OH-EpiCap can serve as a basis for the discussion of possible adaptations of AMR surveillance activities or targeting areas that may be further investigated using other evaluation tools.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer1138645
TidsskriftFrontiers in Public Health
Vol/bind11
ISSN2296-2565
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research through the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR). The Portuguese case study was supported by funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No 773830: One Health European Joint Programme (MATRIX project).

Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge Henok Ayalew Tegegne, Carlijn Bogaardt, Géraldine Cazeau, Renaud Lailler, Johana Reinhardt, Emma Taylor, Joaquin M. Prada, and Viviane Hénaux for the development of the OH-EpiCap tool and for making it available to conduct this work, as well as the stakeholders who provided information to conduct the evaluations in the different country cases.

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Copyright © 2023 Moura, Collineau, Sandberg, Tomassone, De Meneghi, Norström, Bennani, Häsler, Colomb-Cotinat, Bourély, Filippitzi, Mediouni, Boriani, Asaduzzaman, Caniça, Aenishaenslin and Alban.

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