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Steps to a Sustainable Public Health Surveillance Enterprise

Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: More than a decade into the 21(st) century, the ability to effectively monitor community health status, as well as forecast, detect, and respond to disease outbreaks and other events of public health significance, remains a major challenge. As an issue that affects population health, economic stability, and global security, the public health surveillance enterprise warrants the attention of decision makers at all levels. Public health practitioners responsible for surveillance functions are best positioned to identify the key elements needed for creating and maintaining effective and sustainable surveillance systems. This paper presents the recommendations of the Sustainable Surveillance Workgroup convened by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) to identify strategies for building, strengthening, and maintaining surveillance systems that are equipped to provide data continuity and to handle both established and new data sources and public health surveillance practices.
DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v5i2.4703
Authors: Nabila Mirza, Tera L. Reynolds, Michael Coletta, Katie Suda, Ireneous Soyiri, Ariana Markle, Henry Leopold, Leslie Lenert, Erika Samoff, Alan Siniscalchi, Laura Streichert
Institutions: National Association of County and City Health Officials, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Monash University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Utah Health Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Connecticut Department of Public Health
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $350
OpenAlex ID: W1996754225
FWCI: 1.456
Cites: 28
Cited by: 15
Related to: 10