Surveillance of Japanese Encephalitis virus (JeV)

Proposal for a new surveillance system: JeV

Due date: 23:59pm, Sunday 9 April (end of week 6)
Word limit: 1000-1200 words (you may go 10% over the word count)
(not including reference list)
Weighting: Mark out 100, weighted to 20% of grade

Japanese encephalitis virus (JeV) has recently emerged in several states of Australia, including South
Australia. Surveillance of JeV in Australia is the reporting of laboratory confirmed human cases. This
assignment is about proposing a new approach to JeV surveillance to complement the state notifiable
disease surveillance system for detecting JeV in the South Australian community, and to prevent further
cases and disease in humans.

Assignment task
You have been asked by the Chief Public Health Officer, SA Health, to propose a novel approach in the
collection of surveillance data to identify JeV circulating in the South Australian community in order to
detect human cases. This report will assist the Chief Public Health Officer in determining if an additional
surveillance system will provide information about exposure to JeV in the community to protect the health
of the South Australian population.

You are required to propose and describe one (1) surveillance system to detect human cases of JeV (you
may propose more than one if the word count allows for it).
Your report should include:
1. Describe the public health concerns of JeV
• what are the public health concerns about JeV?
• why is JeV a notifiable disease in Australia
• describe some of the health impacts of JeV in Australia (morbidity, mortality, incidence etc.)
• this section needs to be supported by evidence - use data/statistics

2. Components of the JeV surveillance system

• what type of surveillance system is being proposed?
• what is the purpose or goal of the proposed surveillance system?
• what will the system measure (health outcomes, measures of disease occurrence)?
• how will data be collected?
• how will data be reported (how often, to whom, format)?
• what is the case definition (human cases)?
• what is the target population?

3. Provide justification for the recommended surveillance system

• what evidence supports the proposed surveillance system, that is, why is it appropriate?
• what are the strengths and limitations of the proposed surveillance system?
• use evidence (from literature – published studies, reports) to support this
Report format
Write this assignment in report format, using headings and paragraphs, with structured sentences. Provide
an engaging title. You must provide a word count and your reference list should include sources from peer-
reviewed journal articles or government/academic reports.
Referencing
You may use either the Vancouver (numbering) or Harvard (author-date) referencing style & reference list.
Word count
Include a word count for your report. The word limit is 1000-1200 words. You many go 10% over the word
count. Please note that reference lists, graphs, figures, or tables, and their headings are not included in the
word count. If you use the Harvard referencing style, the citations of authors and dates in text are included
in the word count. The same applies with Vancouver referencing, the citation numbers in text are included
in the word count.
Submission
Submit your assignment before midnight (23.59pm), Sunday 9 April 2023 on MyUni > Assignments >
Surveillance report.
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checking your originality, not for submitting your assignment for marking). Turnitin is a text matching
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Extensions
All extensions for assignments must be requested, at the latest, by the last working day before the due date
of submission. So for this assignment, you need to request an extension by 5pm Friday 7th April 2023 by
contacting the course coordinator Adriana Milazzo (adriana.milazzo@adelaide.edu.au).
Extensions will generally be granted only on medical or genuine compassionate grounds. Supporting
documentation must be provided at the time a student requests an extension. Without documentation,
extensions will not be granted. Late requests for extension will neither be accepted nor acknowledged.
Penalties for late assignments
In the case of late assignments where no extension has been granted, 5 percentage points of the total
marks possible per day will be deducted. Assignments more than 7 days late will not be marked.

CRITERIA HIGH DISTINCTION
Outstanding or exceptional work
in terms of understanding,
interpretation and presentation
Public health ❑ Thorough use of literature
concerns of JeV & evidence to describe
public health concerns of
JeV, considering all health
outcomes, & rationale for
why it’s a notifiable
disease
Components of the ❑ Thorough, appropriate
new surveillance identification & description
system of all components of the
proposed surveillance
system
Recommendation and ❑ Recommendation
appropriateness provides highly
developed, well-reasoned
justification for the
appropriateness of the
surveillance system, with
significant detail on
strengths and limitations
Evidence ❑ Significant evidence has
been presented for the
proposed surveillance
system, and a clear case
is made using this
evidence in support of the
proposal
SURVEILLANCE REPORT - RUBRIC
DISTINCTION
Very high standard of work which
demonstrates originality and insight
❑ Detailed use of literature &
evidence to describe public
health concerns of JeV,
considering all health
outcomes, & rationale for
why it’s a notifiable disease
❑ Clear, appropriate
identification & description of
all components of the
proposed surveillance
system
❑ Recommendation provides
clear, well-reasoned
justification for the
appropriateness of the
surveillance system, with
sufficient detail on strengths
and limitations
❑ Sufficient evidence has been
presented for the proposed
surveillance system, and a is
case made using this
evidence in support of the
proposal
CREDIT
High level of understanding and
presentation and a degree of
originality and insight
❑ Some use of literature &
evidence to describe
public health concerns of
JeV, considering some
health outcomes, &
rationale for why it’s a
notifiable disease
❑ Mostly appropriate
identification &
description of all
components of the
proposed surveillance
system
❑ Recommendation
provides clear justification
for the appropriateness of
the surveillance system,
with some detail on
strengths and limitations
❑ Some evidence has been
presented for the
proposed surveillance
system, and a case is
made using this evidence
in support of the proposal
PASS
Satisfies the minimum
requirements
❑ Limited use of literature &
evidence to describe
public health concerns of
JeV, considering little
health outcomes, &
rationale for why it’s a
notifiable disease
❑ Limited, or some
inappropriate
identification &
description of
components of proposed
surveillance system
❑ Recommendation
provides some
justification for the
appropriateness of the
surveillance system,
strengths and limitations
is not completely clear &
lacking detail
❑ Little evidence has been
presented for the
proposed surveillance
system, the case in
support of the proposal is
not clear
FAIL %
Fails to satisfy the minimum
requirements
❑ Little, inaccurate, or no
use of literature &
evidence to describe 15%
public health concerns
of JeV, with little to no
consideration given to
health outcomes, &
rationale for why it’s a
notifiable disease
❑ Little, inaccurate or no
identification &
description of 30%
components of
proposed surveillance
system
❑ Recommendation
provides unclear, little or
no justification for the 30%
appropriateness of the
surveillance system,
strengths and limitations
is unclear & lacking
detail
No appropriate
evidence has been
presented in support of 10%
the proposed
surveillance system
Sources and ❑ References (in text and
referencing reference list) are cited
correctly & consistently
Expression and ❑ Structure is clearly
presentation organized, covers all
required aspects
❑ Highly developed skills in
expression, presentation
❑ Word count is provided &
within limits
❑ References (in text and
reference list) are mostly cited
correctly & consistently
❑ Structure organized
appropriately, covers all
required aspects
❑ Well-developed skills in
expression, presentation
❑ Word count not provided but
appears within limits
❑ References (in text and ❑ References (in text and ❑ References (in text and
reference list) are cited, reference list) are cited, reference list) are cited
but with some mistakes but with some mistakes or with mistakes & 5%
inconsistencies inconsistencies
❑ Structure organized ❑ Some disorganisation of ❑ Disorganised structure,
appropriately, some structure, some aspects required aspects not
aspects incomplete incomplete covered 10%
❑ Good skills in expression, ❑ Adequate skills in ❑ Rudimentary skills in
presentation expression, presentation expression,
❑ Word count provided but ❑ Word count not provided presentation
slightly under or over &/or slightly over word ❑ Word count not
word limit limit provided, exceeded
word limit