Principles and Practice of Public Health Surveillance

Lisa M. Lee, PhD is Assistant Science Officer at the Office of the Chief Science Officer, Center for Disease Control. Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc is Director of the Office of Workforce and Career Development, Center for Disease Control. Michael E. St. Louis, MD is Associate Director for Science at the Coordinating Center for Global Health, Center for Disease Control. Steven M. Teutsch, MD, MPH is Chief Science Officer at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Contents

Chapter 1. Historical Background
Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc

Chapter 2. Considerations in Planning a Surveillance System
Steven M. Teutsch, MD, MPH

Chapter 3. Economic and Policy Justification for Public Health Surveillance
David B. Rein, PhD

Chapter 4. Collecting Public Health Surveillance Data: Creating a Surveillance System
M. Kathleen Glynn, DVM, MPVM and Lorraine C. Backer, PhD, MPH

Chapter 5. Informatics and the Management of Surveillance Data
Ramesh S. Krishnamurthy, PhD, MPH and Michael E. St. Louis, MD

Chapter 6. Analyzing and Interpreting Public Health Surveillance Data
Patrick S. Sullivan, DVM, PhD, Matthew T. McKenna, MD, MPH, Lance Waller, PhD, G. David Williamson, PhD and Lisa M. Lee, PhD

Chapter 7. Communicating Public Health Surveillance Information for Action
Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH and David E. Nelson, MD, MPH

Chapter 8. Evaluating Public Health Surveillance
Samuel L. Groseclose, DVM, MPH, Robert R. German, DrPH, MPH., and Peter Nsubuga, MD, MPH

Chapter 9. Ethics in Public Health Surveillance
Charles M Heilig and Patricia Sweeney

Chapter 10. Legal Considerations in Public Health Surveillance in the United States
Verla S. Neslund, Richard A. Goodman, James G. Hodge, Jr., and John P. Middaugh

Chapter 11. Public Health Surveillance for Infectious Diseases
Chris Van Beneden, MD, MPH and Ruth Lynfield, MD

Chapter 12. Public Health Surveillance for Chronic Diseases, Injuries, and Birth Defects
Ali H. Mokdad, PhD, Joseph L. Annest, PhD, MS, Robin M. Ikeda, MD, MPH, and Cara T. Mai, MPH

Chapter 13. Surveillance for Determinants of Population Health
Roy Gibson Parrish, II, MD, Sharon M. McDonnell, B.S.N, M.D., M.P.H., and Patrick L. Remington, M.D., M.P.H.

Chapter 14. Public Health Surveillance for Preparedness and Emergency Response: Biosurveillance for Human Health
Daniel M. Sosin, MD, MPH and Richard S. Hopkins, MD, MSPH

Chapter 15. Healthcare Quality and Safety: The Monitoring of Administrative Information Systems and the Interface with Public Health Surveillance
James F. Murray, PhD and Chesley Richards, MD, MPH

Chapter 16. Postmarket Surveillance for Pharmaceuticals and Devices
Paul J. Seligman, MD, MPH, Thomas P. Gross, M. Miles Braun, MD, MPH, and Janet B. Arrowsmith, MD, FACP, FACE

Chapter 17. Surveillance in Low-Resource Settings: Challenges and Opportunities in the Current Context of Global Health
Michael St. Louis, MD, Henry Walke, MD, MPH, Helen Perry, PhD, Peter Nsubuga, MD, MPH, Mark White, MD, FACPM, and Scott Dowell, MD, MPH

Chapter 18. State and Local Public Health Surveillance in the United States
Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH and Christopher M. Maylahn, MD, MPH

Chapter 19. Public Health Workforce Needs for Surveillance
Denise Koo, MD, MPH and Herman Tolentino, MD

Chapter 20. Evolving Challenges and Opportunities in Public Health Surveillance
Lisa M. Lee, PhD and Stephen B Thacker, MD, MSc

Index