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Following the events of 9/11 and in the current world climate, there is increasing concern of the impact of potential bioterrorism attacks. Spatial surveillance systems are used to detect changes in public health data, and alert us to possible outbreaks of disease, either from natural resources or from bioterrorism attacks. Statistical methods play a key role in spatial surveillance, as they are used to identify changes in data, and build models of that data in order to make predictions about future activity. This book is the first to provide an overview of all the current key methods in spatial surveillance, and present them in an accessible form, suitable for the public health professional. It features an abundance of examples using real data, highlighting the practical application of the methodology. It is edited and authored by leading researchers and practitioners in spatial surveillance methods. Provides an overview of the current key methods in spatial surveillance of public health data. ncludes coverage of both single and multiple disease surveillance. Covers all of the key topics, including syndromic surveillance, spatial cluster detection, and Bayesian data mining.

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Title of ebook: Spatial and Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health
ISBN: 9780470092491
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Internet download file size: 2988 kb
Pages: 284
Released online for download: 09-27-2005
Editor: Lawson, Andrew B.
Editor: Kleinman, Ken

Chapter One

Introduction: Spatial and Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health
Andrew B. Lawson and Ken Kleinman

1.1 WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define public health surveillance as:

the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data essential to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice, closely integrated with the timely dissemination of these data to those who need to know. The final link of the surveillance chain is the application of these data to prevention and control. A surveillance system includes a functional capacity for data collection, analysis, and disseminati ... read full excerpt from Spatial and Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health ebook


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