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Changes in Alcohol-Related Travel Behavior due to an Under 21 Ordinance
Content Type: Abstract
Alcohol abuse is one of the major leading causes of preventable mortality in the United States. Binge drinking or excessive alcohol consumption, categorized as a pattern of drinking that brings a person's blood alcohol concentration to 0.08, has… read more… Council/under21FAQ.pdf. *Tina Mccarty E-mail: tina-mccarty@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation … -
Canadian and United States Cross-Border Collaboration for Syndromic Surveillance: Overview and Recommendations from an International Society for Disease Surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
The objectives of this consultation, supported by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), were to develop expert, consensus-based recommendations to promote Canadian and U.S. collaboration in using syndromic surveillance (SS) to… read more… system based on collection of aggregate data for ED visits from existing SS systems. This project has the … would be appropriate to “pick up the phone and call” or e-mail a colleague across the border. In addition, both the … -
Global Mental Health and Surveillance
Content Type: Webinar
Presented July 10, 2018. Why global mental health surveillance is important – understanding current issues in global mental health surveillance and learning strategies to improve mental health surveillance worldwide, particularly in low and… read more… for SMDs f. Anti-depressant medication in acute phase g. Visits during acute phase h. Racial/ethnic disparities and … -
Letter to BioSense Governance Group Re: Recommendations for improving BioSense's data sharing capability
Content Type: Letter
This letter was intended to establish a dialogue between surveillance professionals and the BioSense Governance Group. The particiapnts were interested in establishing data sharing relationships across jurisdictions utilizing BioSense… read more… data only? What are the normal number of ED visits in a day? What proportion of the … -
Modeling surveillance networks for Human African Trypanosomiasis control in Northern Uganda
Content Type: Case Study
The multiple forms of Human African Trypanosomiasis (human T.b. gambiense and zoonotic T.b. rhodesiense, as well as the several strains which cause disease in animals) that occur in Uganda make coordinating the scientific and developmental, human… read more… Studies, University of Edinburgh COUNTRY: United Kingdom Email: s.j.lee@ed.ac.uk WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK IN? __X_ … -
Application of Event-Based Biosurveillance to Disease Emergence in Isolated Regions
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Argus is an event-based surveillance system which captures information from publicly available Internet media in multiple languages. The information is contextualized and indications and warning (I&W) of disease are identified. Reports are… read more… &id�40987&Itemid�56. *Wai-Ling Mui E-mail: mui@isis.georgetown.edu (page number not for citation … -
Update on Digital Bridge Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) Project
Content Type: Webinar
Presented July 20, 2018. A first of its kind partnership, the Digital Bridge has created a forum for key decision makers in the health care, public health and health information technology arenas to share ideas and solutions. The Digital Bridge… read more… meeting notes and slides • Upcoming events and news • Mail list sign-up Thank you! 25 mailto:info@digitalbridge.us … -
Assessing Risk for Emerging Arboviral Disease Use Case
Content Type: Use Case
Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Assessing Risk for Emerging Arboviral Disease consultancy held June 14-15, 2016 at the Arizona Department of Health Services. Problem Summary… read more… Department of Health Services (ADHS) Phone: 602-364-3889 Email: Sara.Imholte@azdhs.gov Co-submitters and …