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What are the key components of a public health surveillance system?
Each of these sectors contributes to the four basic components of surveillance, which are (1) collection, (2) analysis, (3) dissemination, and (4) response. Collection and analysis can be conducted at the local, state, federal, or international level by public agencies as well as by private industry.
How does public health surveillance work?
Public health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, closely integrated with the timely dissemination of these data to those responsible for preventing and controlling disease and injury (Thacker and Berkelman 1988).
What is an example of public health surveillance?
Public health surveillance provides and interprets data to facilitate the prevention and control of disease. For example, the objective of surveillance for tuberculosis might be to identify persons with active disease to ensure that their disease is adequately treated.
How do you create a surveillance system?
The general steps for developing a surveillance system include:
- Establish objectives.
- Develop case definitions.
- Determine data sources data-collection mechanism (type of system)
- Determine data-collection instruments.
- Field-test methods.
- Develop and test analytic approach.
- Develop dissemination mechanism.
What are the key research questions for public health surveillance?
Quantitative estimates of magnitude of health problem.
What are three features of a good public health surveillance system?
Evaluate the system for each of the following attributes:
- Simplicity.
- Flexibility.
- Acceptability.
- Sensitivity.
- Predictive value positive.
- Representativeness.
- Timeliness.
What makes a good surveillance system?
Guidelines published by the CDC have suggested several criteria for evaluating public health surveillance systems, including simplicity, data quality, acceptability, sensitivity, positive predictive value, representativeness, timeliness, stability, usefulness, flexibility, and cost.
What is surveillance plan?
The Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) is the document government personnel use to assess contractor performance. The results of those inspections will then be used to document contractor performance. The QASP should be a “living” document and reviewed as performance warrants.
What are the 2 types of surveillance?
There are two primary types of disease surveillance: passive and active.
How do you conduct surveillance?
How to Conduct More Successful Surveillance
- Perform a Thorough Intake.
- Use a Surveillance Vehicle That Blends In.
- Pre-Surveillance Scene Check.
- Start Surveillance to Meet the Needs of the Investigation.
- Think About Positioning.
- Minimize Breaks or Avoid Them.
- Avoid Distractions.
- Keep a Steady Camera.