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Risk and Protective Factors for Arthritis Status and Severity
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Research has indicated several risk and protective factors for arthritis, including cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, and physical activity (1–4). However, it is not well understood how all these factors interact to increase/decrease… read more -
Serum Zinc Concentration and Acute Diarrhea in Children from Different Regions of Uzbekistan
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There are several reports of zinc deficiency in pathogenesis of acute and chronic diarrhea. The literature review showed children with diarrhea and chronic gastroduodenitis performed zinc deficiency in majority of cases (1). The normal values of… read more -
Sharing Public Health Information with Non-Public Health Partners
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Automated Electronic Disease Surveillance has become a common tool for most public health practitioners. Users of these systems can analyze and visualize data coming from hospitals, schools, and a variety of sources to determine the health of their… read more -
SMART Platforms: Building The App Store for Biosurveillance
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Health care information is a fundamental source of data for biosurveillance, yet configuring EHRs to report relevant data to health departments is technically challenging, labor intensive, and often requires custom solutions for each installation.… read more -
Spatial Scan Statistics for Models with Excess Zeros and Overdispersion
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Spatial Scan Statistics [1] usually assume Poisson or Binomial distributed data, which is not adequate in many disease surveillance scenarios. For example, small areas distant from hospitals may exhibit a smaller number of cases than expected in… read more -
State and Local Health Agency Engagement in HIE: A Cross-Sectional Survey
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There is growing interest in leveraging available health information exchange (HIE) infrastructures to improve public health surveillance (1). The Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health Act and Meaningful Use criteria for… read more -
U.S. Dept. Veterans Affairs (VA) SMEC-bio Reporting for Leadership Decision Support
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VA is the U.S. federal agency responsible for providing services to America’s Veterans. Within VA, VHA is the organization responsible for administration of health care services. VHA, with 152 Medical Centers and over 900 outpatient clinics located… read more -
Update from CDC's Public Health Surveillance & Informatics Program Office (PHSIPO)
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The practice of public health surveillance is evolving as electronic health records (EHRs) and automated laboratory information systems are increasing adopted, as new approaches for health information exchange are employed, and as new health… read more