Innovative Surveillance Methods for Rapid Detection of Disease Outbreaks and Bioterrorism: Results of an Interagency Workshop on Health Indicator Surveillance

A system designed to rapidly identify an infectious disease outbreak or bioterrorism attack and provide important demographic and geographic information is lacking in most health departments nationwide. The Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections System sponsored a meeting and workshop in M...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 93; no. 8; pp. 1230 - 1235
Main Authors:	Pavlin, Julie A, Mostashari, Farzad, Kortepeter, Mark G, Hynes, Noreen A, Chotani, Rashid A, Mikol, Yves B, Ryan, Margaret A. K, Neville, James S, Gantz, Donald T, Writer, James V, Florance, Jared E, Culpepper, Randall C, Henretig, Fred M, Kelley, Patrick W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01-08-2003 American Public Health Association American Journal of Public Health 2003
Subjects:	Absenteeism Biological & chemical terrorism Biological and medical sciences Biological weapons Bioterrorism - prevention & control Communication Consensus Development Conferences as Topic Data Collection - methods Disease management Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Disease prevention Emergency medical care Environmental Monitoring Epidemics General aspects Global Health Government, Politics, and Law Health indicators Health Status Indicators Health surveillance Humans Infections Infectious diseases Information systems Interagency collaboration Interinstitutional Relations Inventory control Local Government Medical sciences National Health Programs - organization & administration Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation Population Surveillance - methods Public health Public Health Administration Public Health Informatics Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Surveillance systems Terrorism United States USA Workshops United States Epidemic Human Surveillance Terrorism Biological warfare Detection Public health
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Summary:	A system designed to rapidly identify an infectious disease outbreak or bioterrorism attack and provide important demographic and geographic information is lacking in most health departments nationwide. The Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections System sponsored a meeting and workshop in May 2000 in which participants discussed prototype systems and developed recommendations for new surveillance systems. The authors provide a summary of the group's findings, including expectations and recommendations for new surveillance systems. The consensus of the group was that a nationally led effort in developing health indicator surveillance methods is needed to promote effective, innovative systems.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Peer Reviewed This article is a compilation of a variety of experiences in the development of new and innovative surveillance methods. Many of the workshop participants had expertise at different levels, including field testing of new surveillance systems, statistical analysis of data, and documentation of needs in the area of disease surveillance. In defining the capabilities of and needs for innovative surveillance methods, as well as where efforts should be focused, the participants believed that a variety of experts should have a say in developing a manuscript to outline these areas. Consequently, we chose a varied selection of authors to contribute to this article. All of the authors contributed substantially to the outline, development, writing, and critical review of the article. Requests for reprints should be sent to Julie A. Pavlin, MD, MPH, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500 (e-mail: julie.pavlin@amedd.army.mil). Contributors
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.93.8.1230