Public Health Surveillance
"Public Health Surveillance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data with the purpose of preventing or controlling disease or injury, or of identifying unusual events of public health importance, followed by the dissemination and use of information for public health action. (From Am J Prev Med 2011;41(6):636)
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D062486
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.980.438.700.324 N05.715.360.300.800.438.625.324 N06.850.520.308.980.438.700.324 N06.850.780.675.487
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Health Surveillance" by people in Profiles.
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Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for Dads: A piloted randomized trial of public health surveillance of recent fathers' behaviors before and after infant birth. PLoS One. 2022; 17(1):e0262366.
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One year of modeling and forecasting COVID-19 transmission to support policymakers in Connecticut. Sci Rep. 2021 10 12; 11(1):20271.
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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children - Initial Therapy and Outcomes. N Engl J Med. 2021 07 01; 385(1):23-34.
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Leveraging natural history biorepositories as a global, decentralized, pathogen surveillance network. PLoS Pathog. 2021 06; 17(6):e1009583.
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Unveiling the silent threat among us: leveraging health information technology in the search for asymptomatic COVID 19 healthcare workers. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 02 15; 28(2):377-383.
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Using informatics to improve cancer surveillance. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 07 01; 27(9):1488-1495.
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Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring at Home: A Joint Policy Statement From the American Heart Association and American Medical Association. Circulation. 2020 07 28; 142(4):e42-e63.
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Public Health Surveillance for the Prevention of Pesticide-Related Illness in Illinois. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 05; 62(5):359-369.
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Using big data in pediatric oncology: Current applications and future directions. Semin Oncol. 2020 02; 47(1):56-64.
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Association between PSA values and surveillance quality after prostate cancer surgery. Cancer Med. 2019 12; 8(18):7903-7912.