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Cervical Cancer Knowledge, Screening Service Utilization and Predictors of Precancerous Cervical Changes: A Population Based Survey of Sexually Active Women in Lagos, South Western Nigeria
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Cervical cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among women in developing countries and the second most common cancer in women in Nigeria. Most studies on knowledge of cervical cancer, cervical cancer screening services andā¦ read more -
Challenges of ELR Implementation: Moving Toward Semantic Understanding through Vocabulary Validation
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Meaningful Use has increased interest in submission of ELR to public health agencies, prompting these agencies to analyze their reporting process. TennesseeĆ¢ĀĀs reporting regulations require anyone with knowledge of or suspecting a reportableā¦ read more -
Real-time surveillance for chronic conditions in Massachusetts using EHR data
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Public health agencies and researchers have traditionally relied on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and similar tools for surveillance of non-reportable conditions. These tools are valuable but the data are delayed by moreā¦ read more -
Check! Explore Barriers and Solutions to Data Sharing on BioSense 2.0
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Inter-jurisdictional data sharing can enhance disease surveillance capabilities for local, state, regional and national public health situational awareness and response. BioSense 2.0, a cloud-based computing platform for syndromic surveillance,ā¦ read more -
Clinical Versus Public Health Perceptions of Notifiable Disease Reporting Burden
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The importance transmitting clinical information to public health for disease surveillance is well-documented. Conventional reporting processes require health care providers to complete paper-based notifiable condition reports which are transmittedā¦ read more -
Coding System: A Source of Variability in Reported Prevalence Rates of Atrial Septal Defect
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The variation in prevalence rates of ASD across different states may either indicate true differences across states or represent an artifact of case identification. Specification of the evaluative process by which cases are coded is necessary whenā¦ read more -
College Health Surveillance Network: Use of Health Services by USA College Students
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Currently over 18 million students are enrolled in USA institutions of higher education (IHEs), representing more than one-third of the young adult population. In a national survey, about 16% of students reported living at home. SHCs are thereforeā¦ read more -
COMBS: A Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE) Prototype
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COMBS is facilitating analyst workflows and collaboration, greatly accelerating the management of a bio-event, effectively implementing new capabilities and technologies, and providing opportunities for a wide variety of organizations to contributeā¦ read more