Subrata I Made, Harjana Ngakan Putu Anom, Agustina Kadek Karang, Purnama Sang Gede, Kardiwinata Made Pasek
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar 80225, Bali, Indonesia.
Center for Public Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar 80225, Bali, Indonesia.
Vet World. 2022 May;15(5):1237-1245. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2022.1237-1245. Epub 2022 May 21.
Rabies remains a public health concern in Indonesia, and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has stymied rabies prevention and control efforts. There is a need to transform the rabies program to be adaptable to pandemic situations to improve program coverage on dog vaccination and rabies surveillance. This study aimed to create a rabies control (RaCon) mobile application for a community-based rabies surveillance system during COVID-19 in Bali, Indonesia.
We employ the Design Science Research methodology. Surveillance officers, veterinarians, community leaders, outreach workers, and dog owners participated in a series of offline in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The RaCon prototype was evaluated using the Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ) framework, which included the system's usefulness, information quality, and interface quality. In this study, we used both a qualitative (n=50) and quantitative (n=342) approach.
According to the findings of this study, integrating public health and animal health into the rabies surveillance system are critical to supporting the One Health approach and encouraging community engagement in rabies programs. The RaCon prototype is expected to include features such as pet ownership, case report, news and announcements, nearest vet, health information, outbreak radar, emergency call, and app feedback. The RaCon prototype passed both qualitative and quantitative evaluations, indicating that it could be used to support the rabies surveillance system, particularly in the COVID-19 situation.
The RaCon prototype was accepted by the users and got positive feedback in terms of the system's usefulness, information quality, and interface quality dimension. As a result, this prototype has the potential to be integrated into the rabies surveillance system in Bali, particularly to strengthen the community-based rabies surveillance system. Even though this prototype received positive feedback, this study focuses solely on the design development and evaluation of its user interface. As a result, further development is required before incorporating RaCon into the rabies prevention and control program.
狂犬病在印度尼西亚仍是一个公共卫生问题，而冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行阻碍了狂犬病的预防和控制工作。有必要对狂犬病项目进行变革，使其适应大流行情况，以提高犬类疫苗接种和狂犬病监测的项目覆盖范围。本研究旨在为印度尼西亚巴厘岛在COVID-19期间基于社区的狂犬病监测系统创建一个狂犬病控制（RaCon）移动应用程序。
我们采用设计科学研究方法。监测官员、兽医、社区领袖、外展工作者和犬主参与了一系列线下深入访谈和焦点小组讨论。使用研究后系统可用性问卷（PSSUQ）框架对RaCon原型进行评估，该框架包括系统的有用性、信息质量和界面质量。在本研究中，我们采用了定性（n = 50）和定量（n = 342）两种方法。
根据本研究的结果，将公共卫生和动物卫生纳入狂犬病监测系统对于支持“同一健康”方法以及鼓励社区参与狂犬病项目至关重要。预计RaCon原型将包括宠物饲养情况、病例报告、新闻与公告、最近的兽医、健康信息、疫情雷达、紧急呼叫和应用程序反馈等功能。RaCon原型通过了定性和定量评估，表明它可用于支持狂犬病监测系统，特别是在COVID-19情况下。
RaCon原型得到了用户的认可，并在系统有用性、信息质量和界面质量方面获得了积极反馈。因此，该原型有潜力被纳入巴厘岛的狂犬病监测系统，特别是用于加强基于社区的狂犬病监测系统。尽管该原型获得了积极反馈，但本研究仅专注于其用户界面的设计开发和评估。因此，在将RaCon纳入狂犬病预防和控制项目之前，还需要进一步开发。
