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Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 4
Content Type: Report
A Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop was held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 4 on May 12-13, 2015 at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA. This was the seventh workshop in a… read more… Overall, the workshop evaluations indicated this training model was an effective way to establish and … (ED) dataset for data sharing during the workshop, the training begins with a collaborative assessment and … do this; 5) and, I know about/ can do this well enough to train someone else. The pre-workshop survey was administered … -
Disease Profile Development Methodology for Syndromic Surveillance of Biological Threat Agents
Content Type: Abstract
Detection of biological threat agents (BTAs) is critical to the rapid initiation of treatment, infection control measures, and public health emergency response plans. Due to the rarity of BTAs, standard methodology for developing syndrome… read more… a common informatics lexicon and workforce engagement and training are critical to public health, especially for … denomi- nator along with the number of ILI cases. Proper training and selecting the right practice played a large … each type of these automatically extracted events using training data, which contain actual health alerts, in … -
A Multidisciplinary One Health Approach to Mosquito Management
Content Type: Case Study
Large mosquito outbreaks mysteriously began to recur annually in Western Kentucky beginning in 2011. With up to 30 bites/minute in urban areas, these outbreaks warranted Governor-declared public health emergencies requiring expensive ($2 million… read more… _x__ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration ___x Training and Resources ___ Technologies and Methodologies … -
Developing a Transdiciplinary Database Template for Operationalization of One Health Surveillance of Japanese Encephalitis and Other Vector Borne Diseases in India
Content Type: Case Study
Vector borne diseases like Japanese Encephalitis (JE) result from the convergence of multiple factors, including, but not limited to, human, animal, environmental, and economic and social determinants. Thus, to combat these problems, it is essential… read more… __x_ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration ___ Training and Resources _x__ Technologies and Methodologies … -
Enhanced Animal Surveillance for Super Bowl XLIX in Maricopa County, Arizona, 2015
Content Type: Case Study
From December 2014 to February 2015, Maricopa County, Arizona was the host site for several high profile events, including Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl. Public health officials were allocated with implementing numerous enhanced surveillance… read more… _X__ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration ___ Training and Resources __X_ Technologies and Methodologies … -
Potential elimination of rabies from Pemba Island, Tanzania
Content Type: Case Study
A mobile phone-based surveillance system to support the rabies control program is currently in use across southern Tanzania and was implemented in Pemba since 2011. The system allows for near real-time reporting of information on: patients with… read more… ___ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration ___ Training and Resources ___ Technologies and Methodologies … -
Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 3
Content Type: Report
A Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop was held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 3 on June 9-10, 2015 at the offices of the District of Columbia Department of Health. This was the eighth workshop in a series, with… read more… Overall, the workshop evaluations indicated this training model was an effective way to establish and … (ED) dataset for data sharing during the workshop, the training begins with a collaborative assessment and … do this; 5) and, I know about/ can do this well enough to train someone else. The pre-workshop survey was administered … -
How Syndromic Surveillance Helps Clinical Practice: Use of Epidemiological Surveillance Data to Inform Clinical Decisions
Content Type: Webinar
Presenter Dr. Andrew Fine, Assistant Professor, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Hosts Johns Hopkins University Grand Rounds and ISDS Research Committee Date… read more… Control and Preven5on (K01); NRSA T-‐32 Research Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NICHD) …