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The Role of Tobacco Surveillance to obtain Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes
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Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness and deaths in Georgia. About 10.1% of deaths among adults in Georgia are linked to smoking related illnesses. Most first use of cigarettes occurs by age 18 (87%), with nearly all-first use by… read more -
Washington State One Health Initiative: A Model Framework to Put One Health in Action
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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 -
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 -
Weather Outlook: Cloudy with a Chance of...— Classification of Storm-Related ED Visits
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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 -
Community Perceptions on Integrating Animal Vaccination and Health Education by Veterinary and Public Health Workers in the Prevention of Brucellosis among Pastoral Communities of South Western Uganda
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Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease of veterinary, public health and economic significance in most developing countries, yet there are few studies that show integrated human and veterinary health care intervention focusing on integration at both… read more -
Comparison between HL7 and Legacy Syndromic Surveillance Data in New York City
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Data from the Emergency Departments (EDs) of 49 hospitals in New York City (NYC) is sent to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) daily as part of the syndromic surveillance system. Currently, thirty-four of the EDs transmit data as… read more -
Comparison of ILINet and ESSENCE for Influenza Surveillance at the Local Level
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ILINet is used nationwide by sentinel healthcare providers for reporting weekly outpatient visit numbers for influenza-like illness to CDC. The Florida Department of Health receives urgent care center (UCC) data through ESSENCE from participating… read more -
Comparison of Three Critical Syndrome Classifications: Louisiana vs. BioSense
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section (IDEpi) conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). IDEpi has the capability to define and… read more