Surveillance and Monitoring
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Surveillance & Monitoring
: a vital investment for the changing burdens of disease
May 28, 2012
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Definition of Public Health 'Public health surveillance is the continuous, systematic Surveillance
collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data needed for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice. Such surveillance can: • (1) serve as an early warning system for impending public health emergencies; • (2) document the impact of an intervention, or track progress towards specified goals; • (3) monitor and clarify the epidemiology of health problems, to allow priorities to be set and to inform public health policy and strategies.'
http://www.who.int/topics/public_health_surveillance/en/
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Passive Surveillance vs Active Passive surveillance Surveillance
(provider-initiated) health-care providers send reports to a health department on the basis of a known set of rules and regulations Active surveillance Monitoring (health department- initiated) health department staff contacts healthcare providers to solicit reports, usually limited to specific diseases over a limited period of time, such as after a community exposure or during an outbreak
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USDHHS, 2002. pp5-14
Fig.1 Information loop in a surveillance system
USDHHS, 2002. pp290
health action
USDHHS, 2002. pp291
Sources of data
USDHHS, 2002. pp297
Fig. 3 The information cycle
USDHHS, 2002. pp305
References
• US Department of Health and Human Services, 2002. Principles of epidemiology (2ed). • US Department of Health and Human Services, 2006. Principles of epidemiology (3ed).
: a vital investment for the changing burdens of disease
May 28, 2012
•
Definition of Public Health 'Public health surveillance is the continuous, systematic Surveillance
collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data needed for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice. Such surveillance can: • (1) serve as an early warning system for impending public health emergencies; • (2) document the impact of an intervention, or track progress towards specified goals; • (3) monitor and clarify the epidemiology of health problems, to allow priorities to be set and to inform public health policy and strategies.'
http://www.who.int/topics/public_health_surveillance/en/
1
Passive Surveillance vs Active Passive surveillance Surveillance
(provider-initiated) health-care providers send reports to a health department on the basis of a known set of rules and regulations Active surveillance Monitoring (health department- initiated) health department staff contacts healthcare providers to solicit reports, usually limited to specific diseases over a limited period of time, such as after a community exposure or during an outbreak
?
USDHHS, 2002. pp5-14
Fig.1 Information loop in a surveillance system
USDHHS, 2002. pp290
health action
USDHHS, 2002. pp291
Sources of data
USDHHS, 2002. pp297
Fig. 3 The information cycle
USDHHS, 2002. pp305
References
• US Department of Health and Human Services, 2002. Principles of epidemiology (2ed). • US Department of Health and Human Services, 2006. Principles of epidemiology (3ed).
