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The Effect of Training of School Physicians on Their Knowledge Regarding Surveillance in Alexandria
Content Type: Abstract
Schools inherently foster the transmission of infections from person to person because they are a group setting in which people are in close contact and share supplies and equipment. Surveillance is important in schools and actions that can help… read more… should play an important role in surveillance. Their training on data collection, analysis, reporting and … of diseases. Objective We assessed the effect of a training program on the knowledge of school physicians … -
Tick Related Encounters - Connecticut Department of Public Health, April 2019
Content Type: Syndrome
- Why the syndrome was created? This syndrome was created to monitor tick related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R.
- Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO,…
… in R. Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.) Data collected from Epicenter, but parsed and analysed in R/Rstudio Data sources the syndrome was used on (e.g., … -
Lyme Disease Related Encounters - Connecticut Department of Public Health, April 2019
Content Type: Syndrome
- Why the syndrome was created? This syndrome was created to monitor Lyme disease related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R.
- Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R…
… in R. Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.) Data collected from Epicenter, but parsed and analysed in R/Rstudio Data sources the syndrome was used on (e.g., … -
Impact of Staff Qualification and Training on Performance of the Core Function Activities (CFA) of the Communicable Disease Surveillance System, Gazera State, Sudan, 2009
Content Type: Abstract
This study assessed the performance of the core function activities (CFA) of the Communicable Disease Surveillance system and response (CDSs) existing in Gazera State. The first assessment of disease surveillance being conducted in the area during… read more… study is to assess the impact of staff qualification and training on the performance of Core Function Activities … study is to assess the impact of staff qualification and training on the performance of Core Function Activities … -
R Software Environment Resources
Content Type: Surveillance Tools and Systems
What is R? R is a language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a variety of UNIX platforms, Windows, and MacOS. It is similar to the S language and environment - in fact,… read more… epidemiologic data and graphics Help with R General R RStudio Training Resources "RStudio is a company dedicated to … -
Decrease Epidemiological Threats with Environmental Controls and Testing
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The Decrease Epidemiological Threats with Environmental Controls and Testing (DETECT) program consisted of a four month initiative to provide a two-day in-depth training modified from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Epi-Ready… read more… of a four month initiative to provide a two-day in-depth training modified from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Epi-Ready training. In each Public Health Area, Central Office … information to county and area Public Health staff. To train and equip field staff in the management of foodborne … -
Using Evaluation to Inform the BioSense Platform: Results from a 2018 Survey
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Since 2015, CDCâÂÂs Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance staff have conducted evaluations to provide information on the utility, functionality, usability and user satisfaction associated with the National Syndromic Surveillance… read more… allows users to access site data on the datamart; and 4) Rstudio, an application that can be used for data analysis … allows users to access site data on the datamart; and 4) Rstudio, an application that can be used for data analysis … -
Validation of Analytic Methods for Combining Evidence Sources in Biosurveillance
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Recent years' informatics advances have increased availability of various sources of health-monitoring information to agencies responsible for disease surveillance. These sources differ in clinical relevance and reliability, and range from… read more… algorithm selection, and hierarchical fusion network training [1]. Subsequent efforts have produced a full … only 39 reported historical events were available for training and calibration of 3 networks designed for fusion … presentation describes advances to formalize the network training, calibrate the component alerting algorithms and …