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Introduction to Public Health Surveillance
Description
Public health surveillance is the systematic,
ongoing assessment of the health of a community, and it is crucial to public
health practice. Surveillance provides the information base for public health
decision-making. There is a constant need for new, updated information, as well
as constantly changing priorities within the community.
Introduction to Public Health Surveillance
is a training course that follows the book Principles and Practice of Public
Health Surveillance edited by Steven M. Teutsch and R. Elliott Churchill
(Oxford University Press, 1994). The text provides a practical and up-to-date
reference on the topic of public health surveillance and is the basis of this
training course. Staff at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention wrote
each of the 13 chapters.
Content
- Overview
of Public Health Surveillance
- Historical
Development of Public Health Surveillance
- Considerations
in Planning Public Health Surveillance
- Sources
of Routinely Collected Data for Surveillance
- Management
of the Surveillance System and Quality Control Data
- Analysis
and Interpretation of Surveillance Data
- Special
Analytic Issues
- Communication
Information for Action
- Evaluating
Public Health Surveillance
- Ethical
Issues
- Public
Health Surveillance and the Law
- Computerizing
Public Health Surveillance Systems
- State
and Local Issues in Surveillance
- Surveillance
Issues in Developing Countries
Materials
Principles
and Practice of Public Health Surveillance edited
by Steven M. Teutsch and R. Elliott Churchill (Oxford University Press, 1994).
There are 14 lessons
in the training package. Each lesson consists of a lecture out-line and
appropriate overheads that follow the narrative. Two work exercises dealing with
public health surveillance and other practical exercises are included.
Audience
The Introduction to Public Health Surveillance
course is intended for public health workers, and professionals. It will
be a practical and informative tool in academic institutions, federal agencies
with significant educational missions, state and local public health agencies,
and health care organizations.
Prerequisites
A
basic understanding of the practices of public health is recommended.
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