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USES OF SURVEILLANCE

This article discusses the various applications of surveillance in public health, including estimating the magnitude of health problems, determining their geographic distribution, portraying the natural history of diseases, detecting epidemics, generating hypotheses, evaluating control measures, monitoring infectious agents, detecting changes in health practices, and defining public health priorities.

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USES OF SURVEILLANCE

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  1. USES OF SURVEILLANCE • Estimate the magnitude of the problem • Determine geographic distribution of health problems • Potray the natural history of a disease • Detect epidemics/define a problem • Generate hypothesis, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Define public health priorities BPH/OEHP/DSDC/IDEP

  2. Detection of Epidemics Division of Surveillance and Disease Control Bureau for Public Health BPH/OEHP/DSDC/IDEP

  3. USES OF SURVEILLANCE • Estimate the magnitude of the problem • Determine geographic distribution of health problems • Potray the natural history of a disease • Detect epidemics/define a problem • Generate hypothesis, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Define public health priorities BPH/OEHP/DSDC/IDEP

  4. USES OF SURVEILLANCE • Estimate the magnitude of the problem • Determine geographic distribution of health problems • Potray the natural history of a disease • Detect epidemics/define a problem • Generate hypothesis, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Define public health priorities BPH/OEHP/DSDC/IDEP

  5. BPH/OEHP/DSDC/IDEP

  6. Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination in Taiwan and The Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Children Average Annual Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Children 6-14 years of ageTaiwan, 1981-1994P<0.01 Mortality from Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Children 6–9 years of age Taiwan, 1974-1986P<0.01 [NJEM 1993; 336(26);1855-1859] BPH/OEHP/DSDC/IDEP

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