Skip to main content

Displaying results 1 - 8 of 10
  • Technical Challenges from the Public Health Practice Community to Statisticians and Analysts

    Content Type: Webinar

    On May 28th, 2009, the ISDS Research and Public Health Practice Committees hosted a joint panel with the goal of bringing current challenges faced by public health practitioners to the attention of the research community at large. Members of both… read more
    … Department of Health Louise Wilson,  Pandemic Influenza Co-ordination Team, Edinburgh, Scotland Marc Paladini,  New … Act. (2006). Pub L No. 109-417, 101 et seq. http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/bills.text/109/s/s3678.pdf “the … Public Health – 28th May 2009 Louise Wilson Pandemic Flu Co-ordination Team Scottish Government 2 Problem •  Charged …
  • Evaluating a standard influenza-like illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Distribute project began in 2006 as a distributed, syndromic surveillance demonstration project that networked state and local health departments to share aggregate emergency department-based influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome… read more
    … Olson et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 4949 SAS if preferred. Sites were asked … M, Buehler JW, Mostashari F. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:185 www.isdsjournal.org/article/view/3307/2456. 2 Paladini M, … J, Murray E, Gunn J, Olson D. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:50 www.isdsjournal.org/article/view/3252/2359. 3 Pendarvis J, …
  • Adopting a common influenza-like illness syndrome across multiple health jurisdictions

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance systems were designed for early outbreak and bioterrorism event detection. As practical experience shaped development and implementation, these systems became more broadly used for general surveillance and situational… read more
    … concept, 2006 to 2009. PLoS Curr. 2011;3:RRN1251. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/21894257. *Don Olson E-mail: drolson@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. … 2011, 4: 11069 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11069 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21894257 …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States: Findings from a Survey of State, Territorial, and Selected Local Health Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2007-2008, the authors surveyed public health officials in 59 state, territorial, and selected large local jurisdictions in the United States regarding their conduct and use of syndromic surveillance. Fifty-two (88%) responded, representing areas… read more
    … Control and Prevention. BioSense. Atlanta, GA: http://www.cdc.gov/biosense/. Accessed November 6, 2008. 6. U.S. … April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (NST-EST2006–01). http://www.census.gov/popest/states/ NST-ann-est.html. Accessed … Health Manag Pract 2007;13(2):194–199. http://www.jphmp.com. 18. Heffernan R, Mostashari F, Das D, et al. System …
  • Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early stroke care and cardiac visits following… read more
    … LH Gren et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 32 Acknowledgements This paper was … References 1 ThompsonWW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Cox N, Anderson LJ, et al. Mortality associated with … in the United States. JAMA 2003;289:179–86. 2 Thompson WW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Bridges CB, Cox NJ, et …
  • Review of the ISDS Distributed Surveillance Taskforce for Real-time Influenza Burden Tracking & Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project 2007/08 Influenza Season Proof-of-concept Phase

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes the initiation, development and proof-of-concept phase of the ISDS DiSTRIBuTE influenza morbidity surveillance project [1].
    … figures. Findings were summarized and disseminated via www.syndromic.org. RESULTS During the 2007/08 influenza … (TERS) plots (bottom). REFERENCES [1] DiSTRIBuTE. http://www.syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm [2] Olson DR, … Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-21 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071018-10.html …
  • Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on emergency departments (ED) visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early… read more
    … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 37 this may need to be balanced with … Health Threats Journal DK Richardson et al. 2011, 4:s51 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 38 …
  • Comparison of respiratory, febrile and influenza-like illness syndromes to detect laboratory-reported H1N1 and RSV, Influenza Season 2009–10, New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene monitors visits daily from 49 of 54 NYC emergency departments (EDs), capturing 95% of all ED visits. ED visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) have reflected influenza… read more
    … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 64 the sentinel ED visits, 24,100 (9%) … Health Threats Journal E Westheimer et al. 2011, 4:s105 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 65 …