Ya Fang, Xiang Zhang, Wei Chen, Fang Lin, Manqiong Yuan, Zhi Geng, Hong Yu, Long Dai
Epidemiological characteristics and burden of childhood and adolescent injuries: a survey of elementary and secondary students in Xiamen, China
BMC public health
since 2012 international workshop participatory surveillance iwops served informal network share best practices consult analytic methods catalyze innovation advance burgeoning method direct engagement populations voluntary monitoring diseasethis landscape provides overview participatory disease surveillance systems iwops network orients readers growing field practiceauthors reviewed participatory approaches include human animal health surveillance syndromic self reported symptoms eventbased tools leveraged disease modeling forecasting authors also discuss benefits challenges future directions participatory disease surveillancethere least 23 distinct participatory surveillance tools programs represented iwops network across 18 countries organizations supporting tools diverse natureparticipatory disease surveillance promising method complement traditional facilitybased surveillance newer digital epidemiology systems