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An Integrated System for Enteric Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Detection
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The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), in collaboration with Yale Emerging Infections Program (EIP), receives funding to particpate in the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) and Foodborne Disease Centers for… read more -
Association Between World Trade Center Exposure and Excess Cancer Risk
Content Type: Webinar
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, resulted in the release of known and suspected carcinogens into the environment. There is public concern that exposures may have resulted in increased cancers. This presentation will highlight a study… read more -
Analysis of Healthcare Seeking Behavior
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Healthcare seeking behavior is important to understand when interpreting public health surveillance data, planning for healthcare utilization, or attempting to estimate or model consequences of an adverse event, such as widespread water… read more -
Crafting Inter-Jurisdictional Data Exchange Agreements
Content Type: Webinar
Health information increasingly needs to flow beyond the jurisdiction in which it was originally collected. As both people and microbes move across jurisdictional boundaries with increasing speed and ease, so too must health information. With an… read more -
Game Plan: Communicable Disease Surveillance for Super Bowl XLVIII - New Jersey, 2014
Content Type: Webinar
Presentation ends at 34:14. In the summer of 2013, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) began planning for Super Bowl XLVIII to be held on February 2, 2014, in Met Life Stadium, located in the Meadowlands of Bergen County… read more -
Anthropology and Ecohealth Research in Control of Diseases for Pastorals in Tanzania
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The burdens of poverty and disease continue to affect the livelihoods of pastoralists in Tanzania. Their knowledge of seasons and the ecosystems has evolved over years to manage human and animal health problems, including food insecurity. But, both… read more -
An Exploration of the H1N1 Outbreak in Champaign and Urbana Elementary Schools
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Champaign and Urbana, Illinois are considered twin cities that share the University of Illinois. Due to different geographic recruitment procedures, Champaign and Urbana public elementary schools offer a particularly novel opportunity to examine the… read more -
Assessing the Work Practices and Information Needs of Disease Investigators
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Investigation of cases, clusters, and outbreaks of infectious disease is a complex process requiring substantial support from protocols, distributed and cooperative work, and information systems. We set out to identify public health information… read more