Symposium on Public Health Law Surveillance: The Nexus of Information Technology and Public Health Law

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (S4) ◽  
pp. 41-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela McGowan ◽  
Michael Schooley ◽  
Helen Narvasa ◽  
Jocelyn Rankin ◽  
Daniel M. Sosin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Health Action ◽  
Health Laws

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) goal is to develop a surveillance system of public health laws that would both support research and analysis among policymakers and legislators, and support the scientific basis for public health law. This session was convened, in part, to discuss the value of creating an electronic system to track public health legal information. Public health surveillance is the “ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data regarding a health-related event for use in public health action to reduce morbidity and mortality and to improve health. Data disseminated by a public health surveillance system can be used for immediate public health action, program planning and evaluation, and formulating research hypotheses.” There is currently no system available that meets the goals of this definition of “surveillance” for public health laws.

Monitoring disease and risk factors: surveillance

2020 ◽  
pp. 154-163
Author(s):  
Richard Hopkins ◽  
Aaron Kite-Powell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Public Health Informatics ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Action ◽  
Public Health Surveillance System

Public health surveillance is ‘the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data about a health-related event for use in public health action to reduce morbidity and mortality and to improve health. Data disseminated by a public health surveillance system can be used for immediate public health action, program planning and evaluation, and formulating research hypotheses. This chapter discusses purposes for surveillance, surveillance opportunities, surveillance system design, public health informatics, evaluating a surveillance system, and general principles for effective surveillance systems.

scholarly journals Epidemic intelligence in the European Union: strengthening the ties

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
D Coulombier
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
European Union ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Union Member ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Epidemic Intelligence ◽  
Health Action ◽  
European Union Member States

Public health surveillance remains the cornerstone of the detection of health threats requiring public health action. Two articles in this issue of Eurosurveillance refer to the challenges of epidemic intelligence activities in European Union Member States.

Surveillance

2013 ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Sosin ◽  
Richard S. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Public Health Programme ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Health Action ◽  
Effective Use

Effective use of health data is a foundation of public health practice. Surveillance produces an ongoing stream of data that, when appropriately analysed, supports and directs public health action. This chapter provides an introduction to the purposes, design, methods, and uses of public health surveillance systems. Public health programme managers and staff, decision makers, epidemiologists, and students of public health can use this information to assure effective implementation of public health surveillance systems.

scholarly journals Resisting Public Health Surveillance: Anonymous HIV Testing and the Imperative of Health

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 35-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick O'Byrne ◽  
Alyssa Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Anonymous Hiv Testing

To date, there has been little research published about public health surveillance and HIV testing/prevention. Accordingly, an exploratory project was undertaken, involving a detailed review of local public health law, and the distribution of surveys about self-reported STI testing/diagnosis, HIV testing practices, and sexual behaviours among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. A review of the public health law indicated that, in the local context, there is a pervasive public health surveillance apparatus that requires mandatory reporting of identified communicable diseases, including HIV. Results of the survey indicated that individuals who reported a preference for, or use of, anonymous HIV testing were more likely to have reported having (a) been tested for, and diagnosed with, STIs, (b) a self-reported history of anal sex, (c) more sexual partners, and (d) been aware of criminal prosecutions against people living with HIV for not disclosing their HIV status. At first glance, it appeared as though anonymous HIV testing represented a form of resistance to public health surveillance; a strategy by which individuals who are likely to test positive for HIV circumvent surveillance. However, when these results were examined using Lupton’s “Imperative of Health” framework, it became clear that one must appreciate the two-pronged nature of anonymous HIV testing. On the one hand, knowing one’s HIV status can be beneficial; for example, it corresponds with decreased HIV transmission and improved quantity / quality of life for people living with HIV. On the other hand, anonymous testing represents a complicit acceptance of the imperative of health, and an internalization of public health surveillance. From this perspective, true resistance to public health surveillance would manifest as an absolute rejection of HIV testing.

scholarly journals A COVID ‐19‐ready public health surveillance system: The FDA 's Sentinel System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noelle M. Cocoros ◽  
Candace C. Fuller ◽  
Sruthi Adimadhyam ◽  
Robert Ball ◽  
Jeffrey S. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Public Health Surveillance System

scholarly journals Evaluation of Measles Surveillance Systems in Ginnir District, Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia: A Concurrent Embedded Mixed Quantitative/Qualitative Study 

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Falaho Sani ◽  
Mohammed Hasen ◽  
Mohammed Seid ◽  
Nuriya Umer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Southeast Ethiopia ◽  
Bale Zone

Abstract Background: Public health surveillance systems should be evaluated periodically to ensure that the problems of public health importance are being monitored efficiently and effectively. Despite the widespread measles outbreak in Ginnir district of Bale zone in 2019, evaluation of measles surveillance system has not been conducted. Therefore, we evaluated the performance of measles surveillance system and its key attributes in Ginnir district, Southeast Ethiopia.Methods: We conducted a concurrent embedded mixed quantitative/qualitative study in August 2019 among 15 health facilities/study units in Ginnir district. Health facilities are selected using lottery method. The qualitative study involved purposively selected 15 key informants. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaire adapted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for evaluating public health surveillance systems through face-to-face interview and record review. The quantitative findings were analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2016 and summarized by frequency and proportion. The qualitative findings were narrated and summarized based on thematic areas to supplement the quantitative findings.Results: The structure of surveillance data flow was from the community to the respective upper level. Emergency preparedness and response plan was available only at the district level. Completeness of weekly report was 95%, while timeliness was 87%. No regular analysis and interpretations of surveillance data, and the supportive supervision and feedback system was weak. The participation and willingness of surveillance stakeholders in implementation of the system was good. The surveillance system was found to be useful, easy to implement, representative and can accommodate and adapt to changing conditions. Report documentation and quality of data was poor at lower level health facilities. Stability of the system has been challenged by shortage of budget and logistics, staff turnover and lack of update trainings.Conclusions: The surveillance system was acceptable, useful, simple, flexible and representative. Data quality, timeliness and stability of the system were attributes that require improvement. The overall performance of measles surveillance system in the district was poor. Hence, regular analysis of data, preparation and dissemination of epidemiological bulletin, capacity building and regular supervision and feedback are recommended to enhance performance of the system.

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