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Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience
Content Type: Abstract
On 12 January 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and created enormous devastation. Florida, as the state closest to Haiti, became an initial focal point… read more… during or after the earthquake, and evacuated to Florida. Document … was made to county health department (CHD) staff to document cases of reportable diseases in the state web-based … -
Introduction to Public Health Surveillance
Content Type: Presentation Slides
Presented December 8, 2015 Dr. Richard S. Hopkins presented the following slides as part of the ISDS Intro to BioSurveillance Workshop at the 2015 ISDS Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. This presentation demonstrates… read more… slides here Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 12:00 Document ISDS intro to surveillance RichardHopkins.pptx … disease? Are these acceptable to the community? What guidance can we give clinicians about how to best diagnose … -
Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance with Multiple Data Sources to Enhance Public Health Response
Content Type: Abstract
In the event of a large-scale public health crisis, successfully detecting and assessing health threats and monitoring population health status over a sustained period of time is likely to require integration of information from multiple… read more… enhance their emergency situational awareness capacity. Document … source of information used to provide health protection guidance to the public was air quality data, not human …