Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2024 Apr;72(3):933-939. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2061861. Epub 2022 Jun 3.
The purposes of this study were to (1) longitudinally examine US college and university COVID-19 dashboard content and (2) explore county-level population health and COVID-19 community indicators where colleges with large undergraduate enrollments were located.
We identified 10 colleges with the largest undergraduate enrollments. Next, we located all public and private two- and four-year nonprofit colleges ( = 58) in each respective county. We assessed active COVID-19 dashboards using established criteria from in March 2021 and February 2022.
In 2021 and 2022, two-thirds ( = 38/58) of colleges had an active COVID-19 dashboard. While most COVID-19 dashboards were easy to read, they were less likely to include updated daily infection rates and testing frequency details.
Overall quality, content, and features of COVID-19 dashboards varied greatly across colleges. Future COVID-19 dashboard designs should focus on providing evidence-based information with the goal of promoting and supporting informed decision making.
本研究旨在（1）纵向考察美国学院和大学 COVID-19 数据仪表盘的内容，以及（2）探索所在地区人口健康和 COVID-19 社区指标，这些地区的学院拥有大量本科生。
我们确定了 10 所本科生人数最多的学院。然后，我们在每个县都找到了所有公立和私立的两年制和四年制非营利学院（共 58 所）。我们使用 2021 年 3 月和 2022 年 2 月的既定标准评估了现有的 COVID-19 数据仪表盘。
在 2021 年和 2022 年，三分之二（38/58）的学院拥有一个活跃的 COVID-19 数据仪表盘。虽然大多数 COVID-19 数据仪表盘易于阅读，但它们不太可能包括最新的每日感染率和测试频率细节。
总体而言，各学院的 COVID-19 数据仪表盘的质量、内容和功能差异很大。未来的 COVID-19 数据仪表盘设计应注重提供基于证据的信息，以促进和支持知情决策。
