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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 … -
Evaluation of the Connecticut Hospital Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System for Monitoring of Community Gastrointestinal Illness
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The HEDSS system was implemented in 2004 to monitor disease activity [1]. Twenty of 32 emergency departments (ED) and 1 urgent care clinic provide data. Chief complaints are routinely categorized into 8 syndromes. Although previous studies have… read more… reportable events. Weekly percentage of HEDSS GI syndrome visits (combined GI, vomiting, diarrhea and bloody diarrhea) … diseases using correlation coefficients. GI syndrome ED visits were also examined by geographical region and age. … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …