Infectious Disease Prevention and Evaluation Indicators’ Development of Local Government

The purpose of this study is to consistently secure infectious disease policy goals through analysis of the central government's main policy directions and local government work analysis in the field of infectious diseases, and to develop indicators that local governments can implement. Specifically, the goal is to develop a new evaluation system and evaluation indicators for the infectious disease prevention and control work performed by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and local governments through analysis of the current status of infectious disease response management by local government. In order to develop local government infectious disease preventions and control evaluation system and integrated evaluation indicators(draft), the research was designed in three stages. The first local government infectious disease preventions and control evaluation indicators were derived through the infectious disease control project evaluation indicators conducted annually by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency for local governments, 2023 budget and fund operation plan, the 3rd basic plan for infectious disease prevention and control, and comprehensive plan for national health promotion. In the second stage, based on the developed primary evaluation indicators, the validity and reliability of the indicators were verified through a Focus Group Interview (FGI) with officials from each department of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. In the third stage, a group of experts related to infectious disease prevention and control were selected and the content validity of the evaluation indicators derived through stages 1 and 2 was verified through two Delphi surveys. As a result of the analysis, a total of 76 local government infectious disease prevention and management indicators were derived.