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  • Using injury surveillance to assess sport and recreation-related heat illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although heat illness is preventable, it is a leading cause of death among U.S. high school and college athletes (1). Despite this, the total burden of heat illness during sports and recreation is unknown. With over 250 million U.S. residents… read more
    … research: twenty-sixth annual report. Available at http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/All- Sport.pdf. Accessed May 11, … in selected sports activities: 2008. Available at http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/ tables/11s1248.pdf. … 2011, 4: 11043 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11043 http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/AllSport.pdf …
  • Analytic Methodologies for Disease Surveillance Using Multiple Sources of Evidence

    Content Type: Webinar

    This presentation is for public health practitioners and methodology developers interested in using statistical methods to combine evidence from multiple data sources for increased sensitivity to disease outbreaks. Methods described will account for… read more
    …     Slides  and  recording:       Available  at:  http://www.syndromic.org/component/content/article/37/831     …  Report,  April  2012,  Volume  19,  Number  4,     h%p://www.a~sc.mil/viewMSMR?file=2012/v19_n04.pdf   [TRICARE] …
  • Multi-Sectored Approach to Evaluation of a Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    In September 2004, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health began a 2-year pilot project to develop and evaluate an Emergency Department Chief Complaint Syndromic Surveillance System in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry… read more
    … Branch. March 2004 Version 1.0. Available at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/csc- … (No. RR-5): [inclusive page numbers] Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ PDF/rr/rr5305.pdf Advances in Disease …
  • 21st Century Health Care Demands New Models for Population Health Data Aggregation and Sharing: A Federated Approach

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes the value of a distributed approach to population health efforts that span clinical research, quality measurement and public health. The goal of the paper is to challenge the traditional paradigm which relies on centralized data… read more
    … should continue to be explored. REFERENCES [1] http://www.connectingforhealth.org [2] http://www.syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm [3] http://www.connectingforhealth.org/resources/first_principles.pdf … Advances in Disease Surveillance 2008;5:170 http://www.connectingforhealth.org/ …
  • Sample size and spatial cluster detection power

    Content Type: Abstract

    Prior work demonstrates the extent to which sampling strategies reduce the power to detect clusters.1 Additionally, the power to detect clusters can vary across space.2 A third, unexplored, effect is how much the sample size impacts the power of… read more
    … complete data sets were analyzed using FleXScan (http://www.niph.go.jp/soshiki/ gijutsu/download/flexscan/),3 which … JF Conley.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 1010 unavailable, and the only available … Proc of Geo- Computation 2009, Sydney Aus. http://www.biodiverse.unsw. …
  • Louisiana Takes Action Against Drug Abuse by Sharing Syndromic Data

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Louisiana, like other states, grapples with widespread drug abuse. CDC’s DrugOverdose Death Data show Louisiana had a statistically significant 14.7% increase in its drug overdose death rate from 2015–2016. As early as 2013, the Louisiana Office of… read more
    … Epidemiology Section Louisiana Office of Public Health www.dhh.la.gov/leeds Document … Epidemiology Section Louisiana Office of Public Health www.dhh.la.gov/leeds Centers for Disease Control and … Services Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance www.cdc.gov/nssp The findings and conclusions of this report …
  • Surveillance of Suicide Attempts and Ideation Presenting in Area Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In 2015, Idaho was among the top 10 states for suicides in the United States. Suicide as the cause of death for teens and young adults in Idaho was exceeded only by accidental deaths. On average, one suicide death occurred among all ages every day.… read more
    … 2014 May [cited 2018 Jun 21]. Available from: https://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable- … Services Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance www.cdc.gov/nssp The National Syndromic Surveillance Program … http://www.cdc.gov/nssp …
  • A Multijurisdictional Investigation of Resistant Highly Infectious TB in Asian Immigrants

    Content Type: Abstract

    Learn about a highly infectious resistant tuberculosis outbreak among recent immigrants & the multijurisdictional public health response. Recognize basics about tuberculosis & anticipate difficulties with immigrants and resistant strains.… read more
    … Disease Control & Prevention. (2008) Tuberculosis. http://www.cdc.gov. WHO. World Health Organization. (2008) Tuberculosis. http://www.who.org. NLM. National Library of Medicine. (2008) Tuberculosis. http://www.nlm.gov. Advances in Disease Surveillance 2008;5:93 …