In last years, Campylobacter spp has become one of the most important foodborne
pathogens even in high-income countries. Particularly, in Europe, Campylobacteriosis is …

Public health surveillance conducted by health departments in the United States has
improved in completeness and timeliness owing to electronic laboratory reporting. However …

Mental disorders among children are described as" serious deviations from expected
cognitive, social, and emotional development"(US Department of Health and Human …

Since the publication of the second edition, many new Bayesian tools and methods have
been developed for space-time data analysis, the predictive modeling of health outcomes …

The purpose of evaluating public health surveillance systems is to ensure that problems of
public health importance are being monitored efficiently and effectively. CDC's Guidelines …

Spatial epidemiology is the description and analysis of the geographical distribution of
disease. It is more important now than ever, with modern threats such as bio-terrorism …

This paper provides a review of the past, present, and future of public health surveillance—
the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data …

Background Timeliness is a key performance measure of public health surveillance systems.
Timeliness can vary by disease, intended use of the data, and public health system level …

In its landmark 1988 report, a committee of the Institute of Medicine highlighted assessment
as one of the three core functions of public health along with policy development and …

Our objectives were to review and analyze the laws in the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
and Puerto Rico that regulate the acquisition, storage, and use of public health data and to …