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FITS - Flu Immunization Tracking System: Capturing County Level Data to Inform Public Health Practice
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Historically, it has been the role of local health departments to administer, monitor, and report flu vaccinations of its residents to the state health department. In 2009, the looming threat of an influenza outbreak (H1N1) led to the extension of… read more… health professionals were invited to a system users training to orient them with the system, record management … -
Linking Informatics and Cross-Programmatic Public Health Strategic Objectives
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There is national recognition of the need for cross-programmatic data and system coordination and integration for surveillance, prevention, response, and control implementation. To accomplish this public health must develop an informatics competency… read more… a common informatics lexicon and workforce engagement and training are critical to public health, especially for … -
Use of Cell-Phones to Strengthen Malaria Surveillance-Response Systems of Bangka/Belitung, Indonesia - A proposal
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The Government of Indonesia (GoI) aims to eliminate Malaria by 2030 in 4 stages (Wismarini, 2009. To reach the elimination phase High Case Incidence (HCI) areas go through a pre-elimination phase. The aim of the proposed project is to support one of… read more… management (HMM) data reporting by households. 3) To train village midwifes or village malaria workers (VM/ MW) … examination by the HC parasitology microscopist. 4) To train HC parasitology microscopists to perform microscopic … Lab for reliability testing. 6) To provide consultations, training and resources for the D/ MHOs to facilitate the … -
National Health Insurance: a new application for non-specific surveillance in Reunion Island
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In Reunion Island, the non-specific surveillance was mainly developed during A(H1N1) influenza pandemic in 2009. In March 2010, a new surveillance system was implemented from National Health Insurance data. This monitoring was based on the weekly… read more… were calculated during these 134 weeks, using a training period of at least 3 years. A 95% confidence … -
Education as a mechanism to reduce spread of brucellosis among at-risk populations in Uzbekistan
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One goal of the Biological Threat Reduction Program of the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency is the enhancement of surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens of both humans and animals within countries of the former Soviet Union. One of the… read more… healthcare professionals, delivered through BTRP regular training events, together with printed materials to be … -
Emergency Department Patients with Gastrointestinal Symptoms During Federal Holidays, Miami-Dade 2007-2010
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People usually celebrate holidays by inviting family and friends to have food at home, or by gathering and eating at restaurants or in other public venues. This increased exposure to food with a common source can create conditions for outbreaks of… read more… the seasonal effect in this research. Conclusions ESSENCE can help to track the incidence of gastrointestinal … -
Using AFDL Algorithm to Estimate Risk of Positive Outcomes of Microbial Tests at Food Establishments
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One of the common tasks faced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety analysts is to estimate the risk of observing positive outcomes of microbial tests of food samples collected at the slaughter and food… read more… Montevideo over six months following two years worth of training data. Figure below presents lift charts summarizing … -
Smart homes and novel indicators to inform an evidence-based population health intervention for aging in place and design of a community health registry
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The critical need for population-level interventions to support the health needs of the growing population of older adults is widely recognized1. In addition, there is a need for novel indicators to monitor wellness as a resource for living and a… read more… Acknowledgments This work is supported by NINR Training Grant T32NR007106-13. References 1. Rice DP, …