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  • Risk of HIV among the seasonal Labour Migrants of Nepal

    Content Type: Abstract

    HIV and AIDS is not a new problem to global community and human civilization. Though much efforts had been taken yet its devastating effects can be seen in many areas like human productivity, public health, human rights etc. Nepal is experiencing a… read more
    … of several factors including poverty coupled with the lack of employment opportunities, large-scale migration and … of several factors including poverty coupled with the lack of employment opportunities, large-scale migration and …
  • Towards Linking Anonymous Authorship in Casual Sexual Encounter Ads

    Content Type: Abstract

    The increasing use of the Internet to arrange sexual encounters presents challenges to public health agencies formulating STD interventions, particularly in the context of anonymous encounters. These encounters complicate or break traditional… read more
    … encounters. While this process detects many clusters, the lack of a true corpus of authorship-linked ads makes it … encounters. While this process detects many clusters, the lack of a true corpus of authorship-linked ads makes it …
  • Rapid Surveillance and Data Integration: A Syndromic Description of Bicycle-Related Injury in Boston

    Content Type: Webinar

    The city of Boston has taken a pro-active stand to increase physical activity to decrease chronic disease. Included in that plan is to increase bicycle use and accessibility. Boston has been increasing the number of bike paths and lanes, introduced… read more
    … (10) Boston acute care emergency department visits • ED Visit data received every 24 hours • Variables: unique visit … Asthma Localized Cutaneous Lesion Elbow Injury Spine/Back Injury Cardiac Dysrhythmias Mental disorders Eye Injury …
  • BioSense Platform Data Flow - Part 2 - Introduction to ESSENCE Configuration for BioSense Platform

    Content Type: Webinar

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is conducting a three-part webinar series to describe how data will flow to the BioSense Platform. This comprehensive series explores how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE… read more
    … if age < 2 years when calculated from birth date and visit date) o  C_Patient_Age_Years (Normalized to an integer … Pla,orm Archive Modifica5ons (conDnued) §  Calculated Visit Date—now hierarchically defined by selecDng the first …
  • School-Related Visits - CSTE Environmental Health in School Workgroup

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Most children spend a significant portion of their time in daycare or at school. CSTE's Environmental Health in School workgroup identified these days/hours as a setting for possible "occupational" exposures. The CSTE EH in School Workgroup created… read more
    … note that indicates the immediate reason for the current visit is related to the patient being physically present at … 1: Proposal & Validation Oregon Health Authority 6 Daily Visit Counts, Oregon, May 11 – August 10, 2017 7 Daily Visit …
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Release 1.1 (August 2012),Testing Clarification Release 1.2 (February 2013)

    Content Type: Messaging Standard

    This document provides testing clarification for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic… read more
    … 6 3.2 Facility / Visit Type … 3.2 Facility / Visit Type The implementation guide lists an incorrect … code(1108-0) and coding system (HSLOC) for Facility/Visit Type. It should be 261QE0002X and NUCC. Example OBX …
  • BioSense Platform Admin Tool Requirements Discussion

    Content Type: Webinar

    The BioSense Platform features a tool giving site administrators control over how their data are shared. Thanks to a workgroup the BioSense Governance Group convened last year, CDC now has a good idea of what data-sharing capabilities users want in… read more
    … aggregate data across borders !  BioSense provides visit-level access !  Regions need ability to view patients … seen in another state facility (without sharing visit-level data with entire jurisdiction) Fully … •  Functional Requirements Table !  For(more(informa2on,(visit(the( Public(Health(Informa2cs(Ins2tute(website( …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in the State of Florida

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic Surveillance utilizes health-related symptom data to monitor disease outbreaks. Its’ potential for prompt detection of disease outbreaks and strengthening of rapid public health response is anticipated. As a result, syndromic surveillance… read more
    … While most of the sys- tems are based on data of patient visit to Emergency Department of major hospitals, a few also … these systems have not been systematically evaluated. The lack of calibration to suit local needs of these systems …