Analysis of influential factors associated with report of notifiable infectious diseases in township hospitals

Objective　To find out factors that caused missing report of notifiable infectious diseases in township health centers in Henan province and provide the basis for the policy making on report of notifiable infectious diseases. Methods　By multistage cluster sampling, one plain county and one mountain county were selected randomly as samples with moderate level of infectious diseases reporting in Henan province. Four townships in these 3 counties were selected to conduct questionnaire survey among the health center staffs in charge of notifiable infectious diseases reporting, the statistical analysis was conducted by logistic regression. Results　Positive factors for the report of infectious diseases included （1） being will to report; （2） having been trained on the report of infectious diseases; （3） the available of infectious diseases report card; （4） regular inspection by county CDC. The correlation coefficients were 1.18, 1.13, 0.73, 0.29 respectively and the IOR/I values were 3.26, 3.10, 2.08, 1.34 respectively. Conclusion　To improve the report of notifiable infectious diseases in the township health centers, it is important to strengthen the staff training on the report of notifiable infectious diseases and the diagnosis of infectious diseases, make the report card available, and CDC should strengthen the inspection on the report of infectious diseases.