Biosurveillance

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Promising Pathways for Regional Disease Surveillance Networks — Jan 1, 2013

The globalization of trade and travel has led to the globalization of communicable diseases and, in turn, increased need for globalization of solutions to fight them.

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Learning About After Action Reporting from the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: A Workshop Summary — Jan 1, 2013

The after action report/improvement plan (AAR/IP) can be useful for both accountability and quality improvement, but these objectives require different foci and methodological approaches.

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Bioterrorism and Biological Threats Dominate Federal Health Security Research: Other Priorities Get Scant Attention — Dec 1, 2012

Federal support for health security research is heavily weighted toward preparing for bioterrorism and other biological threats, providing significantly less funding for challenges such as monster storms or attacks with conventional bombs.

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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 — Jan 1, 2011

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? — Jul 1, 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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Research Priorities for Syndromic Surveillance Systems Response: Consensus Development Using Nominal Group Technique — Jan 1, 2010

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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Federal Initiative Increases Community Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies — Jan 1, 2010

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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Measuring the Performance of Telephone-Based Disease Surveillance Systems in Local Health Departments — Jan 1, 2008

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 — Jan 1, 2008

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

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Transmission Patterns of Smallpox: Systematic Review of Natural Outbreaks in Europe and North America Since World War II — Jan 1, 2006

Because smallpox may be used as a biological weapon, this article reviews smallpox outbreaks in post-World War II Europe and North America to understand transmission patterns.

Journal Article

Syndromic Surveillance — Apr 1, 2005

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

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Syndromic Surveillance: Is It Worth the Effort? — Jan 1, 2004

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

Research Brief

Syndromic Surveillance: An Effective Tool for Detecting Bioterrorism? — Jan 1, 2004

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

Commentary

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

Published commentary by RAND staff.

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