SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Epidemiol.
Sec. Research Methods and Advances in Epidemiology
Risk assessment and early warning in public health: a scoping review
Provisionally accepted
- Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Objectives To integrate the public health risk assessment contents and form a comprehensive framework. Study Design This literature research searched for literatures using the search strategy and screened literatures according to inclusion and excluding criteria. Methods From January 2019 to July 2024, relevant studies were retrieved from PubMed and Web of Science. Through inclusion and exclusion criteria, 68 literatures were included. Results The framework was divided into four levels. The first level contains comprehensive evaluation and discipline evaluation. Comprehensive evaluation divides its second level into population aspect, health service aspect and administration aspect. The three aspects have their specific analysis domains (level 3=9) and factors (level 4=24). For discipline evaluation, the second level includes eight areas of assessment: Public Health Emergency, Infectious Diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases, Occupational Health, Food and Drug, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Maternal and Child Health. Specific aspects and detailed indicators are covered in each subclassification (level 3=26; level 4=81). Conclusions This study offers a structured public health risk assessment framework, summarizing key assessments and offering guidance for future research.
Keywords: Public Health, risk assesement, health system, early warning, Scoping review
Received: 13 May 2025; Accepted: 28 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhao, Yang, Peng, Qiu and Mao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Ayan Mao, mao.ayan@imicams.ac.cn
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