TY - JOUR
T1 - Impediments to public health surveillance in the 1990s
T2 - The lack of resources and the need for priorities
AU - Osterholm, Michael T.
AU - Birkhead, Guthrie S.
AU - Meriwether, Rebecca A.
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - With the increased demand for public health surveillance data comes the development of new surveillance systemsand the expansion of existing systems. A corresponding increase in financial and personnel resources to support data collection, particularly at the local public health department level, has been documented. Adequate and timely surveillancedata are critical to both overall public health program design and evaluation and to meet emerging surveillance needs. ithout an emphasis placed on priorities and resources for public health surveillance, the foundation upon which public halth decisions are based is threatened.
AB - With the increased demand for public health surveillance data comes the development of new surveillance systemsand the expansion of existing systems. A corresponding increase in financial and personnel resources to support data collection, particularly at the local public health department level, has been documented. Adequate and timely surveillancedata are critical to both overall public health program design and evaluation and to meet emerging surveillance needs. ithout an emphasis placed on priorities and resources for public health surveillance, the foundation upon which public halth decisions are based is threatened.
KW - Notifiable diseases
KW - Public health
KW - Surveillance systems
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U2 - 10.1097/00124784-199623000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00124784-199623000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 10186687
AN - SCOPUS:0030223198
SN - 1078-4659
VL - 2
SP - 11
EP - 15
JO - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
JF - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
IS - 4
ER -