Semantic Approach to Public Health Situation Awareness Design and Methodology

The triumphant Sandinista revolution inherited a health situation characterized by high mortality, low life expectancy, widespread malnutrition, and a medical system limited in scope. The extent of these problems can only be estimated as a result of the somocista government's failure to develop an accurate system of vital statistics. While there are many options available for rapidly decreasing the high levels of mortality and morbidity in Nicaragua, the revolutionary government has chosen a strategy which fuses public health and politics. A health network based on popular participation and control is being formed which should not only decrease the high rates of malnutrition and infectious diseases in a cost-efficient manner, but should increase the strength of the revolution as well.

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Public Health Information Fusion for Situation Awareness

Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Biosurveillance and Biosecurity ◽

10.1007/978-3-540-89746-0_1 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Henry Rolka ◽

Jean C. O’Connor ◽

David Walker

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Information ◽

Information Fusion ◽

Situation Awareness ◽

Public Health Information

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PENGARUH KESADARAN SITUASI IBU HAMIL DENGAN FREKUENSI KUNJUNGAN ANTENATAL DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS WARU KABUPATEN PAMEKASAN TAHUN 2016

Buletin Penelitian Sistem Kesehatan ◽

10.22435/hsr.v21i1.89 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 15-21

Author(s):

Sendy Ayu Mitra Uktutias ◽

Niniek Lely Pratiwi ◽

Windhu Purnomo

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Antenatal Care ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Situation Awareness ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Primary Data ◽

Health Clinic ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significance Level

Basic Health Research Results (Riskesdas) conducted by the Ministry of Health shows that the coverage of K4 during the last 3 years in 2010–2013 is the year 2010 by 86.85% and the year 2013 of 87.48%. The lack of utilization of ANC by pregnant women is associated with many factors, one of which is the lack of awareness of pregnant women about the importance of pregnancy care. The purpose of this study analyzed the influence of awareness of the situation of pregnant women with the frequency of antenatal visits. The research method was analytic observational with cross sectional study design. The study sample was 38 pregnant women who lived in the working are at waru public health center’s. The sampling technique using simple random sampling. Data collection using primary data by questionnaire and secondary data with the instrument KIA book. Data were processed and analyzed by using frequency distribution and inferential analyze of linier regression with a significance level of 5% (p = 0.05). The results of linear regression analysis in pregnant women showed significant value of β 0.684 (β > 0.500), that the awareness of the situation had an effect on the frequency of antenatal care. A good situation awareness is a necessary process to influence the decision to act, it is a pregnancy test and can be seen the frequency of antenatal care of a pregnant woman. This conclusion Waru public health center’s is a health clinic located in the highlands. Still less maximal antenatal care visits because of the support and access to antenatal care. It is suggested to raise awareness of pregnant women situation through family involvement, husband as reinforcement factor in support of improvement of antenatal care examination.

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National and international policy initiatives on multimorbidity

10.1093/med/9780198789284.003.0018 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Peter E. H. Schwarz ◽

Patrick Timpel

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Policy Development ◽

Scaling Up ◽

Insurance Companies ◽

International Policy ◽

Policy Initiatives ◽

Health Situation ◽

Different Levels

This chapter presents a reflection on different policy initiatives targeting multimorbidity. Owing to its global impact on public health, type 2 diabetes is used as an example in this context. Challenges on different levels are illustrated, and the implementation and limitations of scaling-up processes in integrated care initiatives as well as national policies on the prevention of chronic diseases are discussed. Questions on the responsibilities of society, government, and insurance companies to jointly tackle the epidemiologic challenges are addressed and general conclusions on the different approaches are drawn. One important issue significantly hampering the development, implementation, and scaling up of effective policies is the lack of sufficient long-term evaluations. To accomplish sustained improvements of the current public health situation, a strategic shift from individual to shared responsibilities of the different parties is needed. The chapter concludes with proposals for prevention policies and general recommendations for policy development.

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Extending Ethical Justification for Public Health Surveillance to Situation Awareness

Ethics and Security Aspects of Infectious Disease Control ◽

10.4324/9781315580357-8 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 111-126

Author(s):

Lisa M. Lee

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Situation Awareness ◽

Public Health Surveillance ◽

Health Surveillance ◽

Ethical Justification

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Forced migrants and other displaced populations

10.1093/med/9780198816805.003.0092 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 523-542

Author(s):

Catherine R. Bateman Steel ◽

Anthony B. Zwi

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Forced Migration ◽

Migrant Health ◽

Displaced Populations ◽

Public Health Professionals ◽

Public Health Challenges ◽

Forced Migrants ◽

Legal Frameworks ◽

Global Statistics ◽

Health Situation

This chapter provides an overview of the global health dimensions of forced migration and the associated public health challenges. The chapter identifies different categories of forced migrants and examines the main causes of displacement in a global context in which globalization is simultaneously a force for greater integration as well as a contributor to forced migration. Global statistics and legal frameworks relating to forced migrants are examined and formal protections to which refugees and other groups of forced migrants are entitled are identified. The public health situations of forced migrants are varied and often poor, the health situation of different types of forced migrant are outlined and public health responses described. The role of public health professionals in developing a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of forced migration in order to advocate for forced migrant health, and enable forced migrants to speak and be heard, aiding them in transforming their own health outcome are discussed.

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Sentinel areas: a monitoring strategy in public health

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0102-311x2002000500011 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

pp. 1189-1195 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Maria da Glória Teixeira ◽

Maurício L. Barreto ◽

Maria da Conceição Nascimento Costa ◽

Agostino Strina ◽

David Martins Jr. ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Selection Criteria ◽

Social Economic ◽

Data Use ◽

Biological Data ◽

Urban Spaces ◽

Local Health ◽

Epidemiological Impact ◽

Health Situation ◽

Collection Strategies

Available techniques for monitoring the health situation have proven insufficient, thus leading to a discussion of the need for their improvement based on new data collection strategies allowing for data use by local health systems. This article presents the methodological basis for a strategy to monitor health problems utilizing demarcated intra-urban spaces called "sentinel areas" to collect fundamental social, economic, behavioral, and biological data for public health that allow for a closer approach to the reality of complex social spaces. The authors present an experience that is being developed in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, to evaluate the epidemiological impact of an environmental sanitation program. They discuss selection criteria for the areas and the potential uses of this strategy allowing for the rapid utilization of epidemiological resources by health services and the timely application of the results to reorient and enhance health intervention practices.

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