Resources – Innovations in Routine Investigations and Surveillance

Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence

IRIS

Online Survey Introduction Video: Short educational video for patients describing the importance of completing an online survey

REDCap Resources (developed by University of Colorado): A compilation of REDCap resources including guides and tutorials on best practices, setting up REDCap projects and surveys, and data management
EpiTrax User Guide (developed by Utah Department of Health and Human Services): A comprehensive user guide on EpiTrax, a configurable open source surveillance and outbreak management system

Lessons Learned in Online Enteric Survey Design: Guidelines, techniques, and tips for designing effective online surveys and increasing data quality
The Qualtrics Handbook of Question Design (developed by Qualtrics): An ebook outlining key best practices to question design that enable respondents to give you their best data
Writing Survey Questions (developed by Pew Research Center): Best practices for designing survey questionnaires focusing on question development, measuring change over time, open- and close-ended questions, question wording, and question order
Don Dillman’s Guiding Principles for Mail and Internet Surveys (Summarized on UNE Center for Community and Public Health website): A framework for designing mail and internet surveys based on short courses taught by Don Dillman, Regents Professor in the Department of Sociology at Washington State University

White, A., et al. Using Online Surveys for Enteric Disease Case Investigations: A Pilot Project. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2021. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33216638/