Federal Public Health Surveillance

Topic: 
Epidemiology & Surveillance
Format: 
Online Course
Time: 
35 minutes
Level: 
Introductory
University: 
University of North Carolina
PERLC: 
University of North Carolina PERLC

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Description: 

This training offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health provides an overview of federal public health surveillance; primarily the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in national surveillance programs and includes examples of federal surveillance systems, and some examples that illustrate the basic tenets of surveillance data analysis.

Learning Objectives: 
  • List federal public health surveillance systems relevant to epidemiology programs
  • Discuss the major components of surveillance data analysis
PHEP Capabilities: 
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation