Public Health Surveillance Flashcards
(38 cards)
The goal of PHS is to provide ____ for creating effective control measures
data and interpretation
Flow of Surveillance Data
- Collection
- Collation
- Analysis/Interpretation
- Dissemination/Utilization
2 Key activities in public health
- Data Generation
- Interpretation
Complete the different objectives, data and systems
Detect Epidemics - Epidemic Response -______ - ________
Early warning information - Active Surveillance
Complete the different objectives, data and systems
________ - Program Monitoring -______ - Health Information
Monitor Intervention programs - program indicators
Complete the different objectives, data and systems
______ - ______ - Health Indicators - Health information
Monitor impact of policy change - Health policy
Complete the different objectives, data and systems
Monitor health system - ____ - _____ health information and management
resource allocation - administrative data
Ideal Characteristics of PHS
- Acceptability
- Flexibility
- Validity
- Quality
- Representativeness
- Stability
- Simplicity
- Timeliness
Reflects the willingness of individual person or organization to participate in surveillance
Acceptability
Refers to the ability of the method that is used for surveillance to accommodate changes in operating conditions or information needs with little additional cost in time, personnel, or funds
Flexibility
Refers to whether the surveillance systems are measuring what they are intended to measure
Validity
Completeness and the validity of data for surveillance
Quality
Extent to which the findings of a surveillance accurately portray the incidence of a health event among a population by person, place, or time.
Representativeness
Refers to the reliability of methods for obtaining and managing surveillance data, and to the availability of those data
Stability
Refers to the ease of operation of the surveillance as a whole, and each of its components
Simplicity
Refers to whether data are available rapidly enough for public health authorities to take appropriate action
Timeliness
Step which utilizes criteria for selecting and prioritizing health problems for surveillance
Identify, define, and measure the health problem of interest
Most important consideration in the selection and prioritization of the health problems/conditions/illnesses for surveillance
Public Health importance of the problem
Criteria which helps to Identify, define, and measure the health problem of interest
○ Public health importance of the problem
○ Ability to prevent, control, or treat
○ Capacity of health system to implement control measures for the health problem
○ Case Definitions for surveillance
Syndromic Surveillance is usually done in cases of ____
Outbreaks
Case definition that uses a set of less specific criteria
Syndromic surveillance
Health care providers send reports regarding a particular problem of interest to health departments on the basis of a known set of rules and regulations
Passive or active surveillance?
Passive
Health departments contact health care providers to solicit reports
Passive or Active surveillance?
Active
Surveillance which relies on a pre-arranged sample of health care providers who agree to report all cases of certain conditions
Sentinel Surveillance
