2. Evaluation of a completed health promotion program

Question 1

CDC definition of surveillance?

Answer 1

ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data essential to
-planning,
-implementation,
-and evaluation of public health practice.

Question 2

The goal of public health surveillance?

Answer 2

to provide information that can be used for health action by public health personnel, government leaders, and the public, and to guide public health policy and programs.

Question 3

Benifits of Continued surveillance?

Answer 3

allows epidemiologists to detect deviations from the usual pattern of data, which prompt them to explore whether an epidemic (unusual incidence of disease) is occurring or whether other factors (alterations in reporting practices) are responsible for the observed changes.

Question 4

What is passive surveillance?

Answer 4

physicians, clinics, laboratories, and hospitals (that are required to report disease) are given the appropriate forms and instructions, with the expectation that they will record all cases of reportable disease that come to their attention.

Question 5

What is Active surveillance?

Answer 5

requires periodic (usually weekly) telephone calls, electronic contact or personal visits to the reporting individuals and institutions to obtain the required data. Active surveillance is more labor intensive and costly, so it is seldom done on a routine basis.

Question 6

What is Sentinel surveillance?

Answer 6

reporting of health events by health professionals who are selected to represent a geographic area or a specific reporting group; can be active or passive.

Question 7

what is Syndromic surveillance?

Answer 7

It characterizes “syndromes” that would be consistent with agents of particular concern and to prime the system to report any such syndromes quickly, rather than trying to establish a specific diagnosis.