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Substance Abuse Among Youth in Miami-Dade County, 2005-2007
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The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 9th to 12th graders in Miami-Dade County public schools found that 69.7% of students tried alcohol, 28.3% tried marijuana, and 6.3% tried cocaine in their lifetime. Results also showed that… read more… for analysis RESULTS ESSENCE In 2006, there were 431 ED visits for substance abuse among youth aged 10 to 19 years. There was no difference in the percentage of visits by gender. Seasonality showed that there were a … the 10 to 14 year old age group, Hispanics accounted for 70% and females accounted for 76% of visits whereas in the … -
Innovative Uses for ESSENCE to Improve Standard Communicable Disease Reporting Practices in Miami-Dade County
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To illustrate how ESSENCE can been utilized to collaborate with healthcare practitioners in order to improve communicable disease reporting… SAS 9.1.3. RESULTS In 2007, there was a mean of 2,356 ED visits per day and a mean of 10.2 visits that had a queried reportable disease in the chief … excluding those that were irrelevant, there were 120 ED visits for chicken pox during 2007. However, only 43 (35.8%) … -
Utility of the ESSENCE System for Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) in Miami-Dade County
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The threat of pandemic and seasonal influenza has drawn attention to syndromic surveillance systems for early detection of influenza-like illness. Since 2005, the Miami-Dade County Health Department has implemented ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance… read more… standard. RESULTS From January-March 2005, there were 26,383 emergency department visits, of which 1489 (5.6%) were assigned to the ILI syndromic group. Of these 1,489 events, 26 (1.7%) were true positives and 1,463 (98.3%) were false … -
Enhanced Public Health Surveillance Activities in Miami-Dade County for Super Bowl XLI
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A large event such as the Super Bowl that attracts over 120,000 visitors to an area within a short period of time has the potential to increase the risk of communicable diseases and environmental hazards in a community in… read more… 12 /2 9/ 20 06 1/ 5/ 20 07 1/ 12 /2 00 7 1/ 19 /2 00 7 1/ 26 /2 00 7 2/ 2/ 20 07 2/ 9/ 20 07 2/ 16 /2 00 7 2/ 23 /2 00 … November 2006 - March 2007 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 1- D ec 8- D ec 15 -D ec 22 -D ec 29 -D ec 5- Ja n 12 -J an 19 -J an 26 -J an 2- Fe b 9- Fe b 16 -F eb 23 -F eb 2- M ar 9- M ar … -
School Disease Transmission: Has the time come for coordination between monitors and modelers?
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Guoyan Zhang and Anthony Llau, Miami-Dade County Health Department, have been instrumental in developing the School-Based Absentee Surveillance System (SBASS), which uses school absentee data to identify outbreaks as part of syndromic surveillance.… read more… in 10−min. contact E st im at ed p ro ba bi lit y of e pi de m ic ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● … (FHCRC) A Within-School Contact Network October 18, 2011 26 / 37 Intervention simulations Reactive grade closure I … clinicians [cited 2010 Jul 22]. http://www.myflusafety.com/SwineFlu/documents/RevisedH1N1 … -
Use of Syndromic Data for Surveillance of Hurricane-Related Injuries in Miami-Dade County, FL
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In 2005, three hurricanes made landfall in Florida, with Hurricane Wilma having the most severe impact on Miami-Dade County. Syndromic surveillance is typically used to detect bioterrorism or natural disease outbreaks before… read more… that occurred between October and December 2005, as these may have resulted from preparation, impact, or clean-up … 20 25 30 35 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 Da y Lumbar (847.2) Open wound of leg*(891.0) Open wound of …