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  • Substance Abuse Among Youth in Miami-Dade County, 2005-2007

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    The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 9th to 12th graders in Miami-Dade County public schools found that 69.7% of students tried alcohol, 28.3% tried marijuana, and 6.3% tried cocaine in their lifetime. Results also showed that… read more
    … 33% were for males. AHCA There were 160 different ICD-9-CM Principal Diagnosis Codes used to search for substance … and Mortality Weekly Report 55 (5), 2006. http://www.cdc.gov/ mmwr/ PDF/ SS/ SS5505.pdf 2. White House Office … Hispanic Teens and Drugs- A Special Report, 2007. http://www. Media …
  • Evaluating the utility of school absenteeism during the 2009–2010 influenza season in Los Angeles County

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    It has been postulated that school absenteeism, a non-traditional surveillance data source, may allow for early detection of disease outbreaks, particularly among school-aged children who may not seek emergency medical attention… read more
    … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 28 the period from 1 September 2009 … Public Health 2005;5:105. 2 Snyder TD, Dillow SA, Hoffman CM. Digest of Education Statistics 2008 (NCES 2009–020). … Health Threats Journal C Faustino et al. 2011, 4:s130 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 29 …
  • Quantifying the relationship between influenza-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in BioSense

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    Real-time emergency department (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into disease severity that bridges gaps in traditional influenza surveillance systems that monitor ILI in… read more
    … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 58 (ICD-9-CM codes 487 and 488) or an ILI-related chief complaint … Health Threats Journal AF McIntyre et al. 2011, 4:s99 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 59 …
  • Surveillance triggers for community-based mitigation of pandemic influenza

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    Four waves of pandemic influenza from 1918-1920 in New York City caused ~40,000 deaths, primarily of young-adults and children. The explosiveness of the autumn 1918 wave has led many to believe that in the event of a similar… read more
    … OBJECTIVE In response to an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report1 recommending community-based pandemic influenza … of community-wide epidemic >3.2 sd (Serfling model). 1. IOM (2006) Modeling Community Containment for Pandemic Influenza (National Academies Press, DC). http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11800.html 2. Hatchett RJ, Mecher CE & …
  • One Health Concept: Building educational and translation research capacity of graduate and post-graduate students in India

    Content Type: Case Study

    Food safety is a global issue with diverse challenges along various critical points in the food production chain. In India, food safety programs including establishment of surveillance programs and quantitative approaches through integration of… read more
    … of Hyderabad COUNTRY: India Email: ctanitha@gmail.com , actmd@uohyd.ernet.in WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK IN? …
  • Uganda and Ethiopia Field Epidemiology Training Program Case studies in Applied epidemiology No. 001 - 815

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    WHO designated yellow fever as an endemic disease in Ethiopia in the early 1950s. Yellow fever, a zoonotic hemorrhagic fever disease (sylvatic and urban types), are endemic in Ethiopia due to its geographical location and climatic conditions… read more
    … Health COUNTRY: Ethiopia Email: zegeyehailemariam@yahoo.com WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK IN? __x_ Human health ___ …
  • US Destinations of Newly Arrived Immigrants and Refugees with Suspect TB, 2009-2010

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    Immigrants and refugees are required to undergo tuberculosis (TB) screening before entering the United States (US)(1). Nearly 700 overseas panel physicians designated by the US Department of State, perform these screenings (2). Over 450,000 new… read more
    … [Cited 2011 August 17, 2011]; Available from http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/ … Security. 2010 [July 20, 2011]; Available from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/ … June 17, 2011; July 20, 2011]; Available from http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/exams/ti/panel/ …
  • Emergency department diagnosis code data for surveillance of vaccine adverse events: comparison with the national vaccine adverse event reporting system

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    Nationally, vaccine safety is monitored through several systems including Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a passive reporting system designed to detect potential vaccine safety concerns. Healthcare providers … read more
    … causing adverse effects in therapeutic use (ICD-9-CM codes E948–E949.9) were obtained from the North Carolina … E Lamb et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 48 Conclusion Temporal trends in ED … Emerging Health Threats Journal E Lamb et al. 2011, 4:s90 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 49 …