Community of Practice Assessment - word

Attachment B—NSSP Community of Practice Instrument: Word Version

Form Approved

OMB No. 0920-0879

Expiration Date 01/31/2021

Thank you for participating in the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Community of Practice (CoP) assessment. Your feedback is important and will be used to make improvements and plan future activities of the CoP.

The assessment is voluntary and takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. Please complete the assessment in a single session as you will not be able to save it and return to it at a later date.

Results of the assessment will be aggregated and shared with the NSSP CoP membership via a final report, webinars and/or publication. CDC and ISDS will not publish or share any identifying information about individual respondents or health departments.

Thank you for your participation.

NSSP Community of Practice Assessment:

Assessment of Engagement in the NSSP Community of Practice and its Activities

1. Do you regularly attend (at least once every 3 months) the monthly NSSP Community of Practice call (previously known as the Surveillance Community of Practice call) on the third Tuesday of each month from 3pm-4:30pm Eastern Time?

• Yes

• No (skip to question 3)

2. The monthly NSSP Community of Practice call…

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
Is a good use of my time
Is well organized/facilitated
Provides an welcoming environment where I feel comfortable providing my opinion
Provides important and relevant information
Showcases syndromic surveillance best practices
Generates new ideas for syndromic surveillance practice

3. If no, please explain why not? (check all that apply)

• I was not aware of the monthly NSSP Community of Practice call.

• The timing of the call (third Tuesday of the month from 3-4:30pm Eastern Time) is inconvenient for me.

• The agenda topics on the calls rarely interest me or relate to my work.

• Other (please specify)

4. What agenda topics would you like to see for future NSSP Community of Practice calls? (check all that apply)

• Infectious Disease

• Chronic Disease

• Injury Prevention

• Public Health Emergency Response

• Natural Language Processing

• BioSense/ESSENCE

• Data Reporting

• Data Sharing

• Other (please specify)

5. Please provide any additional feedback or suggestions regarding the monthly NSSP Community of Practice call: [open ended text field]

6. Do you participate in any of the following NSSP Community of Practice workgroups or committees? (check all that apply)

• Data Quality Committee (DQC)

• Overdose Surveillance Committee (ODSC)

• Syndrome Definition Committee (SDC)

• Syndromic Surveillance Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Committee (SPHERR)

• Metadata Visualization Application Workgroup

• Urgent Care Jurisdiction Workgroup

• None

Assessment of Awareness, Availability and Use of Tools for the NSSP Community of Practice

7. How often do you use the Group Virtual Spaces/Tools available at healthsurveillance.org to participate in group activities (i.e. share call information, webinars, and work on collaborative documents) and to connect with other NSSP Community of Practice members?

	Daily	Several times a week	About once a week	Several times a month	About once a month	I don’t use this tool
I utilize the Group or Community Calendar to identify the dates and times of group calls
I utilize the Group or Community Forums to post questions to the community/group
I utilize “My Feed” or the “Group Feed” to share updates with the community/group
I utilize the Message feature to send emails to the community/group
I utilize the Connection feature to connect with other members
If you answered “I don’t use this tool” to any of the above please explain why not. (open ended text field)

8. How often do you use the resource sharing tools available to NSSP Community of Practice members at healthsurveillance.org?

	Daily	Several times a week	About once a week	Several times a month	About once a month	I don’t use this tool
I utilize the Surveillance Knowledge Repository
I utilize the Webinar Library
I utilize the GitHub Code sharing Library
I utilize the Syndrome Definitions Library
I utilize the Stories of Surveillance in Action Library
If you answered “I don’t use this tool” to any of the above please explain why not. (open ended text field)

9. How likely are you to recommend the following resources/tools to other colleagues or public health professionals?

	Not Very Likely	Somewhat Likely	Very Likely	No basis to judge
Surveillance Knowledge Repository
Webinar Library
GitHub Code Sharing Library
Syndrome Definitions Library
Stories of Surveillance in Action Library
The monthly NSSP Community of Practice call

10. How effective are the following resources/tools in increasing your syndromic surveillance knowledge, skills and abilities?

	Not Very Effective	Somewhat Effective	Very Effective	No basis to judge
Surveillance Knowledge Repository
Webinar Library
GitHub Code Sharing Library
Syndrome Definitions Library
Stories of Surveillance in Action Library
The monthly NSSP Community of Practice call

11. What additional tools, webinar topics, or trainings are needed to improve your knowledge, skills, and abilities related to syndromic surveillance? (open ended text field)

Assessment of the NSSP Community of Practice website (healthsurveillance.org)

12. How do you access the healthsurveillance.org website? (check all that apply)

• Computer

• Tablet

• Smartphone

• Other (please specify)

13. Please rate your level of agreement with the following statements about the utility and navigation of the healthsurveillance.org website?

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
Overall the website is easy to use
Information on the website is easy to find
I use the website as my primary source for information about syndromic surveillance

14. What suggestions do you have for improving the utility and navigation of the healthsurveillance.org website? (open ended text field)

15. Do you use the SocialLink App (Android App or iPhone App) to connect with community members, receive notifications, and visit the group pages?

• Yes

• No

Assessment of Collaborations and Partnerships

16. Please answer regarding the degree with which membership in the NSSP Community of Practice has helped you.

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
Being a member of the NSSP Community of Practice has helped me facilitate collaborative SyS partnerships/activities with others within my organization or jurisdiction.
Being a member of the NSSP Community of Practice has helped me facilitate collaborative SyS partnerships/activities with others outside my organization or jurisdiction.
Being a member of the NSSP Community of Practice has motivated me to partner with others in the community to resolve common problems or issues
Being a members of the NSSP Community of Practice reduces duplication of efforts and prevents “reinvention of the wheel”

17. What suggestions do you have to further facilitate collaborations among NSSP Community of Practice members? (open ended text field)

18. Overall, how satisfied are you with your membership in the NSSP Community of Practice?

• Very satisfied

• Somewhat satisfied

• Not very satisfied

What can be done to improve your experience with the NSSP Community of Practice? (open ended text field)

19. For me, the value of the NSSP Community of Practice is that it…

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
Has improved my knowledge, skills, and abilities related to conducting syndromic surveillance.
Helps me stay current in the syndromic surveillance field.
Leverages a variety of knowledge sharing tools (knowledge repository, workgroups, forums, etc.)
Allows me to share my work and success stories with others
Helps me build professional relationships and network with others in the syndromic surveillance community
Builds trust, rapport and a sense of community
Provides me with learning opportunities (webinars, trainings)

20. Do you have any additional feedback to provide on your experience with the NSSP Community of Practice? (open ended text field)

Respondent Characteristics

21. Which best describes the type of public health agency or department in which you work?

• State health department

• Local (city, town, county, district, parish, region) health department

• Federal agency

22. Which of the following best describes your job in relation to syndromic surveillance?

• Data Analyst

• Emergency Preparedness and Response specialist

• Environmental Health specialist

• Epidemiologist

• Health Communicator

• IT/Informatics specialist

• Policy Analyst

• Program Evaluator

• Program Manager/Coordinator

• Project Officer

• Physician/Medical Officer

• BioSense Platform Site Administrator

• Statistician

• Web manager/developer

• Other (please describe)

23. Overall, how long have you been involved with syndromic surveillance?

• 1 year or less

• 2-5 years

• 6-10 years

• More than 10 years

Thank you for participating in this assessment. Your input will help improve the NSSP Community of Practice.

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