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Integrated Serologic Surveillance of Population Immunity and Disease Transmission. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Antibodies are unique among biomarkers in their ability to identify persons with protective immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and to measure past exposure to diverse pathogens. Most infectious disease surveillance maintains a single-disease focus,
Arnold, Benjamin F   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Longitudinal pharmacoepidemiological and health services research for substance users in treatment: protocol of the Belgian TDI-IMA linkage

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2018
Background Not much is known about the health seeking behavior of people with substance use disorders before they enter specialized treatment and afterwards.
Luk Van Baelen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gender and education differences in sedentary behaviour in Canada: an analysis of national cross-sectional surveys

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Canadians spend the majority of their days sedentary. Gender and education are important social determinants of health that impact health behaviours. There is evidence that gender and educational differences in sedentary behaviour exist.
Stephanie A. Prince   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a multidisciplinary syndromic surveillance academic research programme in the United Kingdom: benefits for public health surveillance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Syndromic surveillance is growing in stature internationally as a recognised and innovative approach to public health surveillance. Syndromic surveillance research uses data captured by syndromic surveillance systems to investigate specific hypotheses or
Alex J. Elliot   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

US public health surveillance, reimagined. [PDF]

open access: yesLearn Health Syst
AbstractIntroductionThis study presents two novel concepts for standardizing electronic health records (EHR)‐based public health surveillance through utilization of existing informatics methods and data platforms.MethodsDrawing from the collective experience in applied epidemiology, health services research and health informatics, the author presents a
Guralnik E.
europepmc   +4 more sources

SARS-CoV-2 Catalonia contact tracing program: evaluation of key performance indicators

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background Guidance on SARS-CoV-2 contact tracing indicators have been recently revised by international public health agencies. The aim of the study is to describe and analyse contact tracing indicators based on Catalonia’s (Spain) real data and ...
Mercè Herrero   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Status and potential of bacterial genomics for public health practice : a scoping review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasingly being translated into routine public health practice, affecting the surveillance and control of many pathogens.
Boon, Nele AM   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Public Health Surveillance [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Abstract Public health and health care practitioners are concerned with a wide spectrum of health issues including infectious diseases, chronic conditions, reproductive outcomes, environmental health, and health events related to occupation, injuries, and behaviors.
Stephen B. Thacker, Donna F. Stroup
openaire   +2 more sources

Economics of zoonoses surveillance in a ‘One Health’ context: an assessment of Campylobacter surveillance in Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Cross-sectorial surveillance and general collaboration between the animal and the public health sectors are increasingly recognized as needed to better manage the impacts of zoonoses.
Häsler   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Preconception Health Indicators for Public Health Surveillance [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Women's Health, 2018
In response to an expressed need for more focused measurement of preconception health (PCH), we identify a condensed set of PCH indicators for state and national surveillance.We used a systematic process to evaluate, prioritize, and select 10 PCH indicators that maternal and child health programs can use for surveillance.
Cheryl L, Robbins   +9 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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