POPM 3240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Adverse Drug Reaction, 1999 Fifa Women'S World Cup, Plaintext
23 Apr 2019
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A system which collects, analyses, and interprets data on disease frequency and occurrence in a population to initiate control measures or further investigative action . Some pre-set level of disease occurrence will trigger a response (this is the difference between monitoring and surveillance) Determine frequency of specific diseases and their economic and health impact. Inform decision-making for program planning and evaluation, policy development, and resource allocation. Stage of surveillance: data collection, analysis and interpretation of data, timely communication of findings. Established system that collects data voluntarily sent by health personnel to health departments or disease registries. Ask physicians to voluntarily report unusual cases of specific types of diseases (eg. neurological disease with a certain presentation: may initiate follow-up of suspect cases. Reportable diseases: obtaining data on patterns of disease/risk factors for disease over time, first (and most important) line of defense for exotic diseases, eg. anthrax, cholera, e. coli o157, etc. Infectious or non-infectious: obtained from existing data sources.
