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  • The Effect of Training of School Physicians on Their Knowledge Regarding Surveillance in Alexandria

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    Schools inherently foster the transmission of infections from person to person because they are a group setting in which people are in close contact and share supplies and equipment. Surveillance is important in schools and actions that can help… read more
    … should play an important role in surveillance. Their training on data collection, analysis, reporting and … of diseases. Objective We assessed the effect of a training program on the knowledge of school physicians … should play an important role in surveillance. Their training on data collection, analysis, reporting and …
  • Impact of training on Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers in Nigeria

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    Public health surveillance (also called field epidemiology) as defined by Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the ongoing systematic, collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome specific data essential to the planning ,… read more
    … strategy.  Objective To evaluate the immediate impact of training on Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response … Impact of training on Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers … number not for citation purpose) Table 1. Results of IDSR training. Respondents’ performance Pretest Posttest Test …
  • Using laboratory and medical encounter records to identify impact of prophylaxis policies on group A Streptococcus in three recruit training facilities

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    Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) has caused outbreaks in recruit training environments, where it leads to significant morbidity and, on occasion, has been linked to deaths. Streptococcal surveillance has long been a… read more
    … Streptococcus (GABHS) has caused outbreaks in recruit training environments, where it leads to significant … public health activities. All Navy and Marine Corps training sites are required to track and record … measure against GABHS outbreaks at recruit training sites. Though streptococcal control program …
  • Integrating Poison Center Data into Oregon ESSENCE using a Low-Cost Solution

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    Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD), in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2012. Oregon ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance system that captures emergency… read more
    … department data. To strengthen the capabilities of Oregon ESSENCE, OPHD sought other sources of health-outcome … an automated solution to deliver OPC data into Oregon ESSENCE. OPHD’s growing interoperability infrastructure … of these data sources.  Objective To enhance Oregon ESSENCE’s surveillance capabilities by incorporating data …
  • Using laboratory and medical encounter records to identify impact of prophylaxis policies on group A Streptococcus in three recruit training facilities

    Content Type: Abstract

    Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) has caused outbreaks in recruit training environments, where it leads to significant morbidity and, on occasion, has been linked to deaths. Streptococcal surveillance has long been a part of military… read more
    … Streptococcus (GABHS) has caused outbreaks in recruit training environments, where it leads to significant … public health activities. All Navy and Marine Corps training sites are required to track and record positive … control measure against GABHS outbreaks at recruit training sites. Though streptococcal control program …
  • Enhancement of ESSENCE-based chemical surveillance by incorporation of real-time poison information center data

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    Florida Department of Health has developed a statewide syndromic surveillance system based on the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). Authorized users can currently access… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). Authorized users can currently access data from … system (Merlin) and the Florida death records through ESSENCE under one portal. The purpose of this paper is … chemical surveillance by incorporating FPICN data into ESSENCE. Document …
  • Investigating Other Syndrome in ESSENCE from a Data Quality Perspective

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    The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section (IDEpi) conducts syndromic surveillance of Emergency Department (ED) visits through the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS) and submits the collected data… read more
    … System (LEEDS) and submits the collected data to ESSENCE. There are currently 86 syndromes defined in LEEDS … to Other syndrome. Since the transition from BioSense to ESSENCE, IDEpi has identified various data quality issues … System (LEEDS) and submits the collected data to ESSENCE. There are currently 86 syndromes defined in LEEDS …
  • Keeping a Public Health Surveillance Practice up to Speed: a Training Strategy to Build Capacity

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    Public health surveillance practice is evolving rapidly. In the past decade we have witnessed the globalization of health threats, the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, and an explosion of easily accessible new technologies. This… read more
    … future public health challenges. We developed a five day training course that focused on the practical use of … future public health challenges. We developed a five day training course that focused on the practical use of … a Public Health Surveillance Practice up to Speed: a Training Strategy to Build Capacity …