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Place Matters: Revealing Infectious Disease Disparities Using Area-Based Poverty
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Most public health surveillance systems in the United States do not capture individual-level measures of socioeconomic position. Without this information, socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes can be hidden. However, US Census data can be… read more… of personal characteristics. Thus, important trends may be elucidated by linking geocoded public health … of personal characteristics. Thus, important trends may be elucidated by linking geocoded public health … -
Localized Surveillance: A Fresh Perspective for Regional Syndromic Surveillance
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Recent efforts to share syndromic surveillance data have focused on developing national systems, namely BioSense 2.01 . The problems with creating and implementing national systems, such as legal issues, difficulties in standardizing syndrome… read more… health departments during planned and unplanned events may be informative to national systems. Objective To outline … health departments during planned and unplanned events may be informative to national systems. Objective To outline …