Biosurveillance

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Global Dimensions of Public Health Preparedness and Implications for US Action — Jun 1, 2012

This study suggests four timely US actions to address today's competing realities of globalization and economic austerity: raise awareness among clinicians and local health departments; capture and share exemplary disaster management practices across countries; ensure that US global health investments are effective, efficient, and sustainable; and think globally while acting locally to enhance US health security.

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Using Geographic Information Systems to Match Local Health Needs with Public Health Services and Programs — Dec 31, 2010

Large local health departments could better inform planning and investments by using geographic information systems to align community needs and health outcomes with public health programs.

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Small Area Variations in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Does the Neighborhood Matter? — Jun 30, 2010

Using surveillance data, researchers identified neighborhoods in a Georgia county with a persistently high incidence of cardiac arrest and low rates of bystander CPR. Such neighborhoods are promising targets for community-based interventions.

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Federal Initiative Increases Community Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies — Dec 31, 2009

This article describes an evaluation of the Cities Readiness Initiative, a federal program to improve communities' ability to dispense medications rapidly during emergencies.

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Research Priorities for Syndromic Surveillance Systems Response: Consensus Development Using Nominal Group Technique — Dec 31, 2009

This paper describes an expert panel process that identified a set of fundable and practically feasible research priorities in the field of syndromic surveillance.

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Measuring the Performance of Telephone-Based Disease Surveillance Systems in Local Health Departments — Dec 31, 2007

Health departments can achieve optimal performance by consistently connecting a caller with an action officer in 30 minutes or less and may improve performance by using a disease surveillance phone system in which a live person answers at all times.

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Regional Infectious Disease Surveillance Networks and Their Potential to Facilitate the Implementation of the International Health Regulations — Dec 31, 2007

The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 present a challenge and opportunity for global surveillance and control of infectious diseases.

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Syndromic Surveillance — Mar 31, 2005

Public health officials have been quick to adopt this new tool for identifying emerging problems, but research is needed to assess its effectiveness.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Syndromic Surveillance: An Effective Tool for Detecting Bioterrorism? — Dec 31, 2003

To aid the early detection of bioterror events, public health officials and researchers have developed a new method called syndromic surveillance.

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Syndromic Surveillance: Is It Worth the Effort? — Dec 31, 2003

Unlike bombings, bioterrorism can be invisible, unapparent until people become ill, spreading silently as infected people interact with others.

COMMENTARY

And Now, the Good Side of Facial Profiling — Feb 4, 2001

Published commentary by RAND staff.

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Melinda Moore

Associate Director for Global Public Health, Global Health Initiative, RAND Health; Senior Natural Scientist
M.D., Harvard Medical School; M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health

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Associate Director for Global Public Health, Global Health Initiative, RAND Health

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Melinda Moore is a public health physician and senior natural scientist at the RAND Corporation. Before joining RAND, Moore served with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 20 years and the Department of Health and Human Services' Office Global Health Affairs for 5 years. Her…

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