Table 3.
Frequency of reported role groupings by epidemiology emergency response survey participants (n = 166)*, 2019–2020
| Factor grouping | Factor grouping n = 166 (%) | Eigen value | Cronbach α | Responder type** (p) | Itemised activities | Activities reported n = 166(%) | Factor loading | Item-total correlation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response guidance (n = 11 activities) | 141 (85%) | 9.9 | 0.84 | 0.15 | Response activity planning | 52 (31%) | 0.72 | 0.74 |
| Sharing information | 87 (52%) | 0.71 | 0.71 | |||||
| Activity prioritisation | 47(28%) | 0.68 | 0.74 | |||||
| Communicating findings | 86 (52%) | 0.61 | 0.67 | |||||
| Response evaluation | 43 (26%) | 0.60 | 0.73 | |||||
| Mentoring | 52 (31%) | 0.57 | 0.55 | |||||
| Report writing | 100 (60%) | 0.52 | 0.64 | |||||
| Needs assessment | 45 (27%) | 0.47 | 0.56 | |||||
| Risk assessment | 57 (34%) | 0.45 | 0.55 | |||||
| Research | 42 (31%) | 0.41 | 0.50 | |||||
| Mapping | 41 (25%) | 0.41 | 0.49 | |||||
| Management (n = 5 activities) | 107 (65%) | 1.6 | 0.69 | 0.14 | Team manager/ supervisor | 50 (30%) | 0.79 | 0.73 |
| Field coordinator | 50 (30%) | 0.75 | 0.74 | |||||
| Epidemiology team lead | 62 (37%) | 0.46 | 0.60 | |||||
| Managing control measures | 36 (22%) | 0.44 | 0.70 | |||||
| Non-epidemiology work | 47 (28%) | 0.38 | 0.59 | |||||
| Cross-sectoral collaboration (n = 2 activities) | 56 (34%) | 1.2 | 0.58 | 0.004 | Source trace-back | 20 (12%) | 0.67 | – |
| Collaborating with other sectors | 52 (31%) | 0.63 | – | |||||
| Data (n = 4 activities) | 119 (72%) | 0.89 | Data cleaning | 79 (48%) | 0.84 | 0.92 | ||
| Data management | 83 (50%) | 0.83 | 0.88 | |||||
| Data analysis | 100 (60%) | 0.78 | 0.87 | |||||
| Data entry | 68 (41%) | 0.77 | 0.81 | |||||
| Investigation (n = 6 activities) | 113 (68%) | 2.2 | 0.85 | 0.005 | Active case finding | 61 (37%) | 0.81 | 0.81 |
| Contact tracing | 46 (28%) | 0.78 | 0.75 | |||||
| Interviews | 62 (37%) | 0.76 | 0.81 | |||||
| Case investigation | 72 (43%) | 0.74 | 0.78 | |||||
| Line listing | 60 (36%) | 0.63 | 0.76 | |||||
| Data collection | 82 (49%) | 0.46 | 0.65 | |||||
| Surveillance (n = 5 activities) | 118 (71%) | 2.0 | 0.81 | 0.82 | Surveillance analysis | 84 (51%) | 0.79 | 0.82 |
| Surveillance monitoring | 82 (49%) | 0.74 | 0.73 | |||||
| Surveillance evaluation | 54 (33%) | 0.67 | 0.74 | |||||
| Surveillance set up | 65 (39%) | 0.53 | 0.75 | |||||
| Development of data collection tools | 80 (48%) | 0.48 | 0.74 | |||||
| Information (n = 4 activities) | 112 (67%) | 1.4 | 0.38 | 0.23 | Transmission analysis | 19 (11%) | 0.63 | 0.56 |
| Response monitoring | 53 (32%) | 0.50 | 0.67 | |||||
| Community consultation | 29 (17%) | − 0.41 | 0.58 | |||||
| Survey | 30 (18%) | − 0.54 | 0.54 | |||||
| Other (specified) | – | – | – | – | Communications, coordination, infection prevention & control, collection & testing of specimens, reviewing of literature, treating cases, vector control | – | – | – |
* Includes multiple answers per respondent
**Responder type (international or national responder)