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Opioid Misuse in Missouri: Analyzing Emergency Department Use in Urban/Rural Areas
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Like many other states in the U.S., Missouri has experienced large increases in opioid abuse resulting in hundreds dying each year and thousands of ED visits due to overdose. Missouri has two major urban areas, St. Louis and Kansas City and a few… read more -
Princess Marina Hospital HIV rates: Interrupted time series analysis for policy review
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HIV testing remains the mainstay of optimal HIV care and is pivotal to control and prevention of the disease, however efforts to attain optimal testing levels have been undermined by low HIV testing especially in developing countries. Botswana in… read more -
Responder Safety, Tracking, and Resilience — Georgia, 2016 –2017
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During an emergency, the state of Georgia depends on public health staff and volunteers to respond. It is imperative that staff are safe before, during and after deployment. Emergency response workers must be protected from the hazardous conditions… read more -
HL7 Terminology Management for Disease Surveillance
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In 2013, the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) began working with hospital and reference laboratories to implement electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) of reportable communicable disease data. Laboratories utilize HL7 message structure and standard… read more -
Approaching Evaluations of Surveillance System Pilots through an Ownership Perspective
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Pilot projects help determine utility and feasibility of a system, but even if considered successful, cost could prevent further scale-up. When evaluating a surveillance system pilot, cost and benefits are key factors to examine. In Cote dâIvoire… read more -
Tracking Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Missouri: Trends and the ICD-CM Transition
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) rates have tripled for Missouri residents in the past three years. NAS is a condition infants suffer soon after birth due to withdrawal after becoming opioid-dependent in the womb. NAS has significant immediate… read more -
Epi Info Cloud Data Analytics to improve quality of HIV Surveillance in Vietnam.
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HIV surveillance in Vietnam is comprised of different surveillance systems including the HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS). The HSS is an annual, multi-site survey to monitor HIV sero-prevalence and risk behaviors among key populations. In 2015, the… read more -
Return of test results in Vietnam HIV sentinel surveillance: Implementation and preliminary results
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Knowledge of oneâs HIV serostatus helps improve quality of life for those who test positive and decreases the risk of HIV transmission. WHO recommends that all participants in HIV prevalence surveys be provided access to their test results,… read more