Monitoring and Evaluating Contact Tracing Programs
Courses
JHSPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing
A course covering the most important indicators of performance of a contact tracing program, and a tool that can be used to project the likely impact of improvements in specific indicators and their associated resource needs.
Metrics
CDC: Evaluating Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Success
List of metrics for evaluating case investigation and contact tracing success
Resolve to Save Lives: Tracking COVID-19 in the United States: From Information Catastrophe to Empowered Communities
15 essential indicators and suggested targets for an effective COVID-19 response.
CovidExitStrategy.org: Tracking Our COVID-19 Response
Dashboard displaying essential indicators described in Resolve to Save: Tracking COVID-19 in the United States. Regularly updated.
Tools
JHSPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: ConTESSA
An interactive tool that supplements the Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Coursera course. Can be used to estimate the impact of a contact tracing program on transmission and strategizing about how to increase the program’s impact.
CDC: COVIDTracer 1.0
Spreadsheet-based tool that estimates the potential effectiveness of contact tracing strategies and the workforce needed for each strategy.