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Using ESSENCE to Track a Gastrointestinal Outbreak in a Homeless Shelter in Miami-Dade County, 2008
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Although Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) provides tools to detect a significant alert regarding an unusual public health event, combining that information with … read more… and Disease Control about five homeless persons that visited the same hospital simultaneously with … Disease Control (OEDC) about five homeless persons that visited the same hospital simultaneously with gastro- … zip code, hospital and time of emergency department (ED) visit to explore a potential outbreak. If clustering is … -
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%) …