en تجهیزات پزشکی برای کمک به جانبازان يا معلولان Assistive Medical Device for Veterans or Handicapped پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:72.0pt 193.5pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Aims:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Increased incidence of infectious diseases and disruptions to existing health systems are likely to occur among populations living in or affected by areas affected by accidents and disasters, where exposure risks may be elevated. This study aimed to examine the role of technology-enabled risk surveillance in infection surveillance by assessing the mediating effect of early threat detection capacity.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:72.0pt 193.5pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Materials and Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> This quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among 250 community health workers in Kut City, Iraq, in 2026. Data were collected using established measures of technology-enabled infection risk surveillance, early threat detection capacity, and infection risk surveillance. Pearson correlation, multiple linear regression, and Hayes PROCESS macro Model 4 with 5,000 bootstrap samples were applied.<b><span style="color:#f79646"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:72.0pt 193.5pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="_Hlk240740437"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Findings</span></span></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Technology-enabled surveillance was positively and significantly associated with early threat detection capacity (r=0.62; p<0.001) and the risk of detecting infections (r=0.58; p<0.001). There was also a strong association between the capacity to detect potential threats early and infection risk surveillance (r=0.65; p<0.001). In the multiple linear regression model, technology-enabled surveillance was independently associated with infection risk surveillance (B=0.39; p<0.001). Mediation analysis indicated a significant indirect effect (B=0.30; 95% bootstrap CI: 0.20&ndash;0.42), supporting partial mediation.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:72.0pt 193.5pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Technology-enabled surveillance is positively associated with infection-risk surveillance among community health workers in Kut City, Iraq, with early threat-detection capacity partly mediating this relationship.</span></span></span></span></span></span> Technology, Community Health Workers , Infectious Diseases , Public Health 323 329 http://ijwph.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2182-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Q.A.K. Al-Eqabi Yes Department of Community Health Techniques, Al-Kut Technical College, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq