Surveillance Systems: Using and Presenting Surveillance Data & Evaluation of a Surveillance System

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This presentation by Christopher Woods, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine Duke University Medical Center, gives you an overview of appropriate uses of surveillance data and the key components of a surveillance system evaluation.

Target Audience

These learning modules are applicable to all public health, medical, veterinary, pharmacy, emergency management, hospital and other professionals interested in public health preparedness. These modules are created by faculty and guest lecturers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Educational Objectives

Identify the necessary steps in establishing a surveillance system

Identify appropriate uses of surveillance data

Identify the key components of a surveillance system evaluation

Outline the benefits of automated and syndrome-based surveillance

Discuss methods of outbreak detection

Identify the steps of outbreak response

References

Teutsh S.M. "Considerations in Planning a Surveillance System." In: Teutsch S.M. and Churchill R.E., eds. Principals and Practice of Public Health Surveillance 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2000: 17-29.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Case definitions for infectious conditions under public health surveillance." MMWR Recommendations and Reports 1997;46(RR-10):1-55.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/RR/RR4610.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Summary of Notifiable Diseases--United States, 2000." MMWR 2002;49(53):i-xxii, 1-100.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm4953.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems Recommendations from the Guidelines Working Group." MMWR 2001; 50 (RR13):1-35.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/RR/RR5013.pdf

Hajjeh RA, Relman D, Cieslak PR, Sofair AN, Passaro D, Flood J, Johnson J, Hacker JK, Shieh WJ, Hendry RM, Nikkari S, Ladd-Wilson S, Hadler J, Rainbow J, Tappero JW, Woods CW, Conn L, Reagan S, Zaki S, Perkins BA. " Surveillance for Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses Due to Possibly Infectious Causes, U.S.A., 1995-98" Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002; 8: 145-153 [HTML Version].
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no2/pdf/01-0165.pdf

National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Working Group. "National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS): a standards-based approach to connect public health and clinical medicine." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 2001;7(6):43-50.

Mostashari F and Jessica Hartmann. "Syndromic Surveillance: a Local Perspective." Journal of Urban Health 2003;80(2) supp: i1-i7.
http://jurban.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/80/suppl_1/i1.pdf

Broome CV, Horton HH, Tress D, Lucido SJ, Koo D. "Statutory Basis for Public Health Reporting Beyond Specific Diseases." Journal of Urban Health 2003;80(2) supp: i14-i22.
http://jurban.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/80/suppl_1/i14.pdf

Goodman RA, Gregg MB, and Sacks JJ. "Operational Aspects of Epidemiologic Field Investigations." In Gregg, M, ed. Field Epidemiology 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2002: 53-61

Gregg MB. "Conducting a Field Investigation." In Gregg, M., ed. Field Epidemiology 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2002: 62-77

Reingold AL. "Outbreak Investigations--a Perspective." Emerging Infectious Diseases. 1998;4(1):21-7.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol4no1/reingold.htm

Author and Narrator:

Chris Woods, MD, MPH

Reviewer:

Jennifer Horney, MPH

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