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  • Environmental Public Health Tracking: Success Stories from a Collaborative Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Understanding how exposure to hazards in our environment (air, water, food and surroundings) affects our health is critical to understanding causes of many chronic and acute diseases and to planning and implementing appropriate response and… read more
    … between these factors. The program funds and provides guidance to 24 state and local health departments to develop … between these factors. The program funds and provides guidance to 24 state and local health departments to develop …
  • Implementation of a Syndromic Surveillance Pilot Program in Selected Cattle Markets in Texas, USA

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance of livestock animals at points of concentration, such as livestock markets, has the potential to provide early detection of endemic, zoonotic, transboundary, environmental, and newly emerging animal diseases and to identify… read more
    … animals for clinical signs of disease, but do not usually document the number of cattle or clinical signs observed. … animals for clinical signs of disease, but do not usually document the number of cattle or clinical signs observed. …
  • Legal Interventions to Reduce Overdose Mortality: Naloxone Access and Overdose Good Samaritan Laws

    Content Type: References

    This resource, developed by the Network for Public Health Law and released on June 8, 2017, summarizes state naloxone access and Good Samaritan laws. Background "Fatal drug overdose has increased more than six-fold in the past… read more
    … care for opiate overdose." For more information about the document, go to  … care for opiate overdose." For more information about the document, go to  …
  • Relationship between Clinical Screening Tools, Syndromic Surveillance, and Influenza-Positive Patients

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2003, with the advent of SARS, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) released a document mandating the use of a clinical screening tool to detect patients at high risk for having a febrile respiratory illness (FRI), defined… read more
    … Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) released a document mandating the use of a clinical screening tool to … would be a more effective screening tool than FRI. Document … Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) released a document mandating the use of a clinical screening tool to …
  • Evaluating the application and utility of ESSENCE for early event detection

    Content Type: Abstract

    In spite of the noted benefits of syndromic surveillance, and more than a decade after it started gaining support, the primary use for syndromic surveillance appears to be largely for seasonal and jurisdictional disease monitoring, event response… read more
    … outbreaks. This research will provide stakeholders with guidance on how best to implement and improve ESSENCE usage … outbreaks. This research will provide stakeholders with guidance on how best to implement and improve ESSENCE usage …
  • Issue Brief: New Federal Paradigm in Marijuana Legalization

    Content Type: References

    Conflicting activities related to marijuana at state and federal levels raise questions as to whether a new federal/state legal relationship concerning marijuana legalization is forthcoming. The Network for Public Health Law has been tracking… read more
    … throughout U.S. states in recent years, federal guidance issued in January 2018 is at odds with this … throughout U.S. states in recent years, federal guidance issued in January 2018 is at odds with this …
  • Near Real-time Surveillance of Disease during 2016-17 Influenza Season in the U.S.

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public health agencies worldwide all enjoy the same mission—providing healthcare warnings, guidance, and support to the public and healthcare professionals they represent. A critical element in achieving this mission is accessing timely and… read more
    … enjoy the same mission—providing healthcare warnings, guidance, and support to the public and healthcare … enjoy the same mission—providing healthcare warnings, guidance, and support to the public and healthcare …
  • Openness, Transparency and Equity in Public Health Surveillance Data Sharing

    Content Type: Abstract

    The outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, influenza A (H1N1) in 2009 and Ebola in 2014 have shown increasingly that infectious diseases can spread globally in a short timeframe, affecting both high- and low-income countries… read more
    … on Global Health Security at Chatham House is producing guidance that will address both the policy and technical … on Global Health Security at Chatham House is producing guidance that will address both the policy and technical …