Investigations of Selected Historically Important Syndromic Outbreaks: Impact and Lessons Learned for Public Health Preparedness and Response.
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| Title: | Investigations of Selected Historically Important Syndromic Outbreaks: Impact and Lessons Learned for Public Health Preparedness and Response. |
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| Authors: | Goodman, Richard A. (AUTHOR), Posid, Joseph M. (AUTHOR), Popovic, Tanja (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | American Journal of Public Health. Jun2012, Vol. 102 Issue 6, p1079-1090. 12p. |
| Subjects: | History of public health, Zoonoses, Risk factors of environmental exposure, Public health surveillance, Clinical pathology, AIDS, Attribution (Social psychology), Chronic fatigue syndrome, Prevention of communicable diseases, Infectious disease transmission, Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome, Disease outbreaks, Interprofessional relations, Lyme disease, Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Reye's syndrome, Syndromes, Toxic shock syndrome, SARS disease, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Disease duration, Early medical intervention, Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, Disease risk factors |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | Public health readiness has increased at all jurisdictional levels because of increased sensitivity to threats. Since 2001, with billions of dollars invested to bolster the public health system's capacity, the public expects that public health will identify the etiology of and respond to events more rapidly. However, when etiologies are unknown at the onset of the investigation but interventions must be implemented,public health practitioners must benefit from past investigations' lessons to strengthen preparedness for emerging threats. We have identified such potentially actionable lessons learned from historically important public health events that occurred primarily as syndromes for which the etiological agent initially was unknown. Ongoing analysis of investigations can advance our capability to recognize and investigate syndromes and other problems and implement the most appropriate interventions [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Public health readiness has increased at all jurisdictional levels because of increased sensitivity to threats. Since 2001, with billions of dollars invested to bolster the public health system's capacity, the public expects that public health will identify the etiology of and respond to events more rapidly. However, when etiologies are unknown at the onset of the investigation but interventions must be implemented,public health practitioners must benefit from past investigations' lessons to strengthen preparedness for emerging threats. We have identified such potentially actionable lessons learned from historically important public health events that occurred primarily as syndromes for which the etiological agent initially was unknown. Ongoing analysis of investigations can advance our capability to recognize and investigate syndromes and other problems and implement the most appropriate interventions [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00900036 |
| DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300426 |
