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Screening strategies in surveillance and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) [PDF]

, 2006
With reports of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continuing to increase and therapeutic options decrease, infection control methods are of increasing importance.
Jenkins, D. R., Medley, Graham, Robotham, Julie   +2 more
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Population-Based Active Surveillance for Culture-Confirmed Candidemia — Four Sites, United States, 2012–2016

Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2019
Problem/Condition Candidemia is a bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by yeasts in the genus Candida. Candidemia is one of the most common health care–associated BSIs in the United States, with all-cause in-hospital mortality of up to 30%.
Mitsuru Toda, Sabrina R. Williams, E. Berkow, M. Farley, L. Harrison, Lindsay Bonner, Kaytlynn Marceaux, R. Hollick, Alexia Y. Zhang, W. Schaffner, S. Lockhart, Brendan R. Jackson, S. Vallabhaneni   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cancer surveillance in a northeastern native American population [PDF]

Cancer, 1989
This study compares cancer incidence among the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) between 1955 and 1984 with cancer incidence patterns exhibited by the general population of New York State (NYS), exclusive of New York City. The cohort for this study consisted of all members of the SNI enrolled on January 1, 1955 and residing in NYS (N = 3262).
Lawrence J. Emrich, Martin C. Mahoney, Martin C. Mahoney, Philip C. Nasca, Arthur M. Michalek, Mph K. Michael Cummings PhD   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Can Lessons from Public Health Disease Surveillance Be Applied to Environmental Public Health Tracking? [PDF]

, 2004
Disease surveillance has a century-long tradition in public health, and environmental data have been collected at a national level by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for several decades.
Balmes, John, Ritz, Beate, Tager, Ira
core   +2 more sources

Association of parental characteristics with offspring anthropometric failure, anaemia and mortality in India

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
This study used a wide range of information on parental sociodemographic, physical and behavioural characteristics as well as on the presence of non-communicable diseases among parents and examined the association of these attributes with anthropometric ...
Rajesh Kumar Rai, S. V. Subramanian, Sebastian Vollmer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surveillance for Adverse Events After COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021
Importance Safety surveillance of vaccines against COVID-19 is critical to ensure safety, maintain trust, and inform policy. Objectives To monitor 23 serious outcomes weekly, using comprehensive health records on a diverse population. Design, Setting,
N. Klein, N. Lewis, Kristin Goddard, B. Fireman, Ousseny Zerbo, K. Hanson, J. Donahue, E. Kharbanda, A. Naleway, J. Nelson, Stanley Xu, W. K. Yih, J. Glanz, Joshua T. B. Williams, S. Hambidge, Bruno J Lewin, T. Shimabukuro, F. Destefano, Eric S. Weintraub   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reconciling surveillance systems with limited resources: an evaluation of passive surveillance for rabies in an endemic setting [PDF]

, 2015
Surveillance systems for rabies in endemic regions are often subject to severe constraints in terms of resources. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) propose the use of an active surveillance system to ...
Barbara Häsler, Corner, Doherr, Dynatra Subasinghe, Gilbert, Gongal, Hadorn, Hampson, Hampson, Howe, Häsler, Häsler, Knight-Jones, Knobel, Laura Craighead, Mani, Martin, Nagle, Nederhof, Thulke, Townsend, Townsend, William Gilbert, World Health Organization   +23 more
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Paradata analyses to inform population-based survey capture of pregnancy outcomes: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Paradata are (timestamped) records tracking the process of (electronic) data collection. We analysed paradata from a large household survey of questions capturing pregnancy outcomes to assess performance (timing and correction processes).
Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Joseph Akuze, Angela Baschieri, Sanne M. Thysen, Francis Dzabeng, M. Moinuddin Haider, Melanie Smuk, Michael Wild, Michael M. Lokshin, Temesgen Azemeraw Yitayew, Solomon Mokonnen Abebe, Davis Natukwatsa, Collins Gyezaho, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Joy E. Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of an Android-based mHealth system for population surveillance in developing countries

J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., 2012
OBJECTIVE In parts of the developing world traditionally modeled healthcare systems do not adequately meet the needs of the populace. This can be due to imbalances in both supply and demand--there may be a lack of sufficient healthcare and the population
Zeshan A. Rajput, Samuel Mbugua, David Amadi, Viola Chepngeno, J. Saleem, Yaw Anokwa, Carl Hartung, G. Borriello, B. Mamlin, S. Ndege, M. Were   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reported sexually transmitted disease clinic attendance and sexually transmitted infections in britain: prevalence, risk factors, and proportionate population burden. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: We examined attendance at sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics and the prevalence, distribution, and associated demographic and behavioral factors of self-reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a population survey of sexual ...
Byron, Christos L, Copas, Andrew J, Erens, Bob, Fenton, Kevin A, Johnson, Anne M, Macdowall, Wendy, McManus, Sally, Mercer, Catherine H, Nanchahal, Kiran, Wellings, Kaye   +9 more
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