Involving cases and contacts more actively and autonomously in contact tracing through digital tools:a mixed methodsinvestigation among Dutch public health professionals involved in COVID-19 contact tracing

Background and Objective: Contact tracing (CT) can be an effective tool to prevent transmission of communicable diseases. However, public health services may not always have sufficient human resources at their disposal to facilitate CT adequately. In the EU-project ‘CORESMA’, we investigated if and how this may be compensated by involving cases and contacts more actively and autonomously in the identification, notification, and monitoring of contacts through digital tools, from the perspective of Dutch public health professionals (PHPs). Methods: Between November 2020 and April 2022, we conduc... Mehr ...