Do all provinces and territories use a standardized HIV and AIDS reporting form? If not, how does this affect the accuracy of the data reported in the Epi Updates and Surveillance reports?
When AIDS surveillance first began, the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (CIDPC) developed an AIDS Case Report Form in consultation with the provinces and territories to encourage standardized AIDS data reporting. In 1996-97 the name of the form was changed to the HIV/AIDS Case Report Form as the need for HIV surveillance at the national level was recognized. Some provinces and territories use this form to record information, some use their own form. Regardless of the reporting form used, CIDPC receives selected information from each province and territory as described in FAQ 6. The accuracy of the data reported in surveillance-related documents is limited by the differences in HIV/AIDS reporting among provinces and territories. As described in FAQ 8, these differences are not specifically related to the form itself but to differences in reporting completeness, and recording and interpretation of information.
Related Questions
- Do all provinces and territories use a standardized HIV and AIDS reporting form? If not, how does this affect the accuracy of the data reported in the Epi Updates and Surveillance reports?
- Do all provinces and territories submit the same information relating to AIDS diagnoses and positive HIV test reports?
- What limitations affect the reporting of HIV and AIDS data?
