Improving Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening Biosurveillance Systems for Enhanced Situational Awareness

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  • Nadja Vielot UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5116

Abstract

The North Carolina Institute for Public Health, in collaboration with CDC and the Public Health Informatics Institute, developed a set of core requirements for the development and maintenance of electronic biosurveillance systems to achieve situational awareness. The three-stage research process included a literature review, interviews with key informants in the biosurveillance field, and a multi-day workshop attended by surveillance experts across the United States Best practices, innovations, and lessons learned were leveraged to identify the minimum capabilities of effective biosurveillance systems, with the goal of achieving preparedness for natural disasters, disease outbreaks, or hazards during mass gatherings.

Author Biography

Nadja Vielot, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Nadja Vielot is a second-year MSPH/PhD student in epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, with a concentration in infectious diseases. Nadja received her Bachelor's degree from The Johns Hopkins University in public health studies with a concentration in the social sciences. Her specific research interests include structural and behavioral interventions to combat HIV/STIs in Africa. She is currently a research assistant with the North Carolina Institute of Public Health (NCIPH).

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

Vielot, N. (2014). Improving Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening Biosurveillance Systems for Enhanced Situational Awareness. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5116

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Poster Presentations