Moving Digital Disease Detection From Research to Action: Findings from a Survey of ISDS Membership

Authors

  • Jennifer Olsen University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5131

Abstract

It is critical to understand to understand the attitudes and perceptions amongst public health leaders regarding the use of digital disease data to improve situational awareness. A survey of such leaders showed that this novel content had the most value in the first stage of situational awareness for identifying early indications of disease outbreaks. News media and Internet search were moderate to highly valuable for 70% of respondents, while social media was moderately to highly valuable to 60% of respondents. For both strengthening the comprehension of an outbreak and informing future predictions, beliefs were split regarding the potential value (if any) that exists.

Author Biography

Jennifer Olsen, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Jennifer currently serves as the Manager, Pandemics at the Skoll Global Threats Fund. Previously, she served as the Division Director of Fusion within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response (APSR) at the US Department of Health & Human Services. In this role, Jennifer led information analysis efforts for: Superstorm Sandy, Deepwater Horizon, Haiti earthquake, the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, and H1N1 influenza. Previously, Jennifer served as a reachback engineer at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) with a focus on epidemiological modeling. Jennifer holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomathematics, a Master's in Public Health in Epidemiology, and a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH).

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

Olsen, J. (2014). Moving Digital Disease Detection From Research to Action: Findings from a Survey of ISDS Membership. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5131

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Lightning Talks

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