Topic:
Epidemiology & Surveillance
Format:
Informational Brief
Time:
40 minutes
Level:
Intermediate
University:
University of North Carolina
PERLC:
University of North Carolina PERLC
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Description:
This issue of FOCUS, offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, discusses sources of surveillance data and provides examples of different types of surveillance systems.
Learning Objectives:
- Review the purpose of surveillance
- Describe types of state and local surveillance systems, including vital records, disease reporting (morbidity data), surveys, sentinel surveillance, zoonotic disease surveillance, adverse events surveillance, syndromic surveillance, registries, and laboratory data
- Provide an example of public health actions resulting from surveillance data
PHEP Capabilities:
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation