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  • Coding System: A Source of Variability in Reported Prevalence Rates of Atrial Septal Defect

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    The variation in prevalence rates of ASD across different states may either indicate true differences across states or represent an artifact of case identification. Specification of the evaluative process by which cases are coded is necessary when… read more
    … in prevalence rates of ASD across different states may either indicate true differences across states or … in prevalence rates of ASD across different states may either indicate true differences across states or …
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences and Smoking among Urban Youths in Oyo State, South Western Nigeria

    Content Type: Abstract

    Adverse childhood experiences are childhood traumas which influence the developing child and derail healthy developmental processes. The developing child attempt to cope by adopting health risk behaviors such as smoking which has been associated… read more
    … has been associated with adverse health outcomes which may not be apparent until many years after exposure.1,2 … has been associated with adverse health outcomes which may not be apparent until many years after exposure.1,2 …
  • Large Scale Mobile Medical Service Programme: Data Insights for strengthening local surveillance

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    India has an Integrated Disease Surveillance project that reports key communicable and infectious diseases at the district and sub-district level. However, recent reviews suggest structural and functional deficiencies resulting in poor data quality… read more
    … 1 driver, 1 pharmacist, 1 lab technician, 1 driver) staff visit 2 service points (villages) as per prefixed route map. … 1 driver, 1 pharmacist, 1 lab technician, 1 driver) staff visit 2 service points (villages) as per prefixed route map. …
  • An Assessment of the EMS Drug Overdose to Death Pathway from 2011 to 2017

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    Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, with an estimated 60,000 deaths in 2016. Nationally, EMS overdose responses with naloxone administration have nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016 from 573.6 to 1004.4… read more
    … paramedic programs teamed with recovery services may help link OD patients to recovery and rehabilitation … patterns of the OD population. I-EMS interactions may present an opportunity for behavioral intervention and … paramedic programs teamed with recovery services may help link OD patients to recovery and rehabilitation …
  • Evaluation of a Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Network (GAFINet), South Korea.

    Content Type: Abstract

    After MERS outbreak in 2015, the provincial government and infectious disease control center (GIDCC) initiated an emergency department (ED) based Gyeonggi-do provincial acute febrile illness (AFI) surveillance network (GAFINet) to monitor for a… read more
    … the operation was run for one year from June 2017 to May 2018. GAFINet Initiative involves ten hospitals, … the operation was run for one year from June 2017 to May 2018. GAFINet Initiative involves ten hospitals, …
  • Use of ambulance dispatch calls for surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections?

    Content Type: Abstract

    Surveillance of severe influenza infections is lacking in the Netherlands. Ambulance dispatch (AD) data may provide information about severity of the influenza epidemic and its burden on emergency services. The current gold standard, primary care-… read more
    … lacking in the Netherlands. Ambulance dispatch (AD) data may provide information about severity of the influenza … lacking in the Netherlands. Ambulance dispatch (AD) data may provide information about severity of the influenza …
  • Electronic Epidemiologic Biosurveillance in the Cameroon Military

    Content Type: Abstract

    Electronic epi-biosurveillance presents an opportunity to provide real-time disease surveillance alerts from remote areas to central disease management units, to rapidly decrease reporting times for reportable diseases, and to enable appropriate… read more
    … efforts, to understand how such infrastructure may impact this resource-limited setting. Objective Pilot … efforts, to understand how such infrastructure may impact this resource-limited setting. Objective Pilot …
  • Analytic Fusion for Essential Indicators of the Opioid Epidemic

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    Unlike other health threats of recent concern for which widespread mortality was hypothetical, the high fatality burden of opioid overdose crisis is present, steadily growing, and affecting young and old, rural and urban, military and civilian… read more
    … Traditional sources included emergency department (ED) visits and emergency management services (EMS) call records. … Traditional sources included emergency department (ED) visits and emergency management services (EMS) call records. …