Principles and Practice of Public Health Surveillance

Name: Principles and Practice of Public Health Surveillance
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ISBN: 9780195138276

ISBN-10: 0195138279

ISBN-13: 9780195138276

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Steven M. Teutsch, R. Elliott Churchill

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Public health surveillance is the systematic, ongoing assessment of the health of a community, based on the collection, interpretation, and use of health data. Surveillance provides information necessary for public health decision making. This text presents an organized approach to planning, developing, and implementing public health surveillance systems. It has a broad scope, discussing legal and ethical issues as well as technical problems. It goes beyond the surveillance ofparticular conditions to the basic elements common to the application of surveillance to any type of health-related problem. The Second Edition has been updated throughout and many chapters have been expanded. Several…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/5/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 9.02" wide x 6.18" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English




Introduction and Historical Development




Considerations in Planning a Surveillance System




Sources of Routinely Collected Data for Surveillance




Management of the Surveillance System and Quality Control of Data




Descriptive Epidemiology Analyzing and Interpreting Surveillance Data




Special Analytic Issues




Communicating Information for Action




Evaluating Public Health Surveillance




Ethical Issues




Public Health Surveillance and the Law




Computerized Public Health Surveillance Systems




State and Local Issues in Surveillance




Surveillance Issues in Developing Countries