BOLETÍN EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DE LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID: ENCUESTA SOBRE SU DIFUSIÓN y PERCEPCIÓN ENTRE LOS MÉDICOS DE ATENCIÓN PRIMARIA EN EL AÑO 2000

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"The Autonomous Community of MadridEpidemiological Bulletin. A SurveyRegarding its Dissemination andOpinion Thereof on Among PrimaryCare Physicians for the Year 2000Background: The Au tonomous Com munity of Ma drid Epi -demiological Bu lletin is the main com munications link bet weenepidemiological mo nitoring system and health care pro fessionals.The pur pose of this study is that of as certaining the dis seminationand opi nion of this Au tonomous Com munity of Ma drid Epi de -miological Bu lletin among pri mary care physi cians for the pur po -se of adap ting this pu blication to its rea ders? in terests.Met hod: A te lep ho ne sur vey among pri mary care physi -cians in the Au to no mous Com munity of Ma drid, as king howof ten they read the Bu lle tin, the in te rest and use ful ness of thein for ma tion in clu ded in it. The sam ple size was es ti ma ted at346 physi cians. A two-sta ge sam pling pro cess was ca rried out -by clus ter sam pling in the first sta ge, ran domly se lec ting 125health care cen ters and 2.7 physi cians per cen ter, 17% beingpri mary care team coor di na tors. A com pa ri son is made of there sults among physi cians and coor di na tors by means of theChi-squa re and Fis her?s Exact Test met hod, with Epi-Info v.6.Results: A to tal of 305 sur veys were con ducted (245 physi -cians and 60 coor dinators). The re was an awa reness of the exis -tence of the Au tonomous Com munity of Ma drid Epi demiologicalBulletin on the part of 91.5% (CI 95%: 88.1-94.8), and 27.2% (CI95%: 21.9-32.5) were fa miliar with more than 50% of the last is -sues pu blished. A to tal of 92.4% (CI 95%: 89.4-95.8) con sideredthe Bu lletin to be in teresting or highly in teresting, gra ding its use -fulness an ave rage of 3.5 on a ma ximum sca le of 5. Of the per ma -nent sec tions, the most highly-va lued was Epi demic Out breaks,those re ports re lated to me ningococcal in fection, tu berculosis andHIV/AIDS being the most highly-va lued.Con clu sions: The Au to no mous Com munity of Ma dridEpi de mio lo gi cal Bu lle tin is a pu bli ca tion which, alt hough notwi dely-known by the pri mary care physi cians in the Com mu -nity, is well-va lued when it is read, thus being a use ful feed -back tool wit hin the Epi de mio lo gi cal Mo ni to ring System."