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Washington State One Health Initiative: A Model Framework to Put One Health in Action
Content Type: Abstract
Motivated by the global One Health movement, the Washington State Department of Health began a strategic effort to form a One Health Initiative for the state in early 2014. Early research on the topic found that many states were working on One… read more -
North Dakota Syndromic Surveillance Program Overview: Onboarding
Content Type: Presentation Slides
From the BioSense 2.0 Onboarding Workgroup Meeting, March 4, 2015 Presenter Jill K Baber, MPH Influenza and Syndromic Surveillance Coordinator North Dakota Department of Health Division of Disease Control read more -
Improving Public Health Preparedness with Stronger Biosurveillance Systems: A New Perspective
Content Type: Webinar
What information will your agency and community need for the next emergency? Will your public health surveillance systems be able to meet those demands? Join us to discuss how governmental public health agencies can enhance emergency preparedness… read more -
Washington’s Methods for Analytics Interoperability and Metrics (AIM), Approaches to Data Integration and Dissemination in Population Health
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This year’s conference theme is “Harnessing Data to Advance Health Equity” – and Washington State researchers and practitioners at the university, state, and local levels are leading the way in especially novel approaches to visualize health… read more -
in silico Surveillance: Informing Surveillance with Simulation
Content Type: Webinar
Simulations of infectious disease spread have increasingly been used to inform public policy for planning and response to outbreaks. As these techniques have increased in sophistication a wider array of uses becomes appropriate. In particular,… read more -
Community-based Health Systems Strengthening: Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Mobile Health Intervention in Nepal
Content Type: Webinar
Globally, over seven million children under the age of five die each year. A suite of interventions, including safe delivery care, neonatal care and resuscitation, and management of childhood diarrhea, malnutrition, and pneumonia, can prevent many… read more -
Weather Outlook: Cloudy with a Chance of...— Classification of Storm-Related ED Visits
Content Type: Abstract
Hurricane ‘Superstorm’ Sandy struck New Jersey on October 29, 2012, causing harm to the health of New Jersey residents and billions of dollars of damage to businesses, transportation, and infrastructure. Monitoring health outcomes for increased… read more -
Using Scenarios and Simulations to Validate Syndromic Surveillance Systems
Content Type: Abstract
Whilst the sensitivity and specificity of traditional laboratory-based surveillance can be readily estimated, the situation is less clear cut for syndromic surveillance. Syndromic surveillance indicators based upon presenting symptoms, chief… read more