Surveillance Systems: The Building Blocks
Master public health surveillance with Johns Hopkins—learn system design, data reporting, and performance analysis for effective disease monitoring.
Master public health surveillance with Johns Hopkins—learn system design, data reporting, and performance analysis for effective disease monitoring.
This comprehensive course explores the fundamental role of surveillance systems in epidemiology and public health practice. Designed for practitioners and those interested in epidemiological tools, it provides technical awareness and practical skills for working with various surveillance systems. The curriculum focuses on establishing clear system objectives, developing effective data reporting mechanisms, understanding core surveillance attributes, and conducting thorough performance assessments. Students learn to define surveillance cases based on specific objectives, utilize public health reporting systems effectively, and evaluate surveillance systems using standardized attributes. As a cornerstone of the Epidemiology in Public Health Practice Specialization, this course equips participants with essential knowledge to develop, implement, and assess surveillance systems that inform public health decision-making. Whether you currently work with surveillance systems or aspire to do so, this course offers valuable insights into this fundamental epidemiologic tool that forms the foundation of effective public health practice.
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What you'll learn
Discuss the role of surveillance within the broader fields of epidemiology and public health
Assign objectives to define surveillance cases
Use public health surveillance reporting systems
Compare and contrast surveillance systems using system attributes
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to public health surveillance systems, which are fundamental tools in epidemiology and public health practice. Students will develop technical awareness and practical skills for working with various surveillance systems, focusing on key aspects such as establishing system objectives, implementing effective data reporting mechanisms, understanding core surveillance attributes, and conducting performance assessments. The curriculum is designed to equip public health practitioners with the knowledge needed to develop, implement, and evaluate surveillance systems that can effectively monitor health conditions and inform public health decision-making. The course emphasizes practical applications and real-world scenarios to prepare students for working with surveillance data in various public health contexts.
Introduction to Surveillance Systems
Module 1 · 1 Hours to complete
Surveillance Objectives and Case Definitions
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Public Health Surveillance Reporting Systems
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
Surveillance System Attributes and Performance Assessment
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
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Dr. Gurley has been conducting public health research in Bangladesh since 2003, with 12 years of service at the International Center for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), where she led the Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation Unit and directed the Program on Emerging Infections. In collaboration with the US CDC and the Government of Bangladesh, she established national surveillance systems for various diseases, including meningo-encephalitis, respiratory infections, acute gastroenteritis, acute hepatitis, and hospital-acquired infections, while focusing on mentoring junior scientists. Dr. Gurley's research spans multidisciplinary studies on the transmission, burden, and epidemiology of emerging and vaccine-preventable diseases, emphasizing the ecological contexts in which these diseases emerge. Her work explores communication strategies between field epidemiologists and infectious disease modelers and the development of innovative surveillance and outbreak detection methods. Dr. Gurley has focused on the Nipah virus since 2004, identifying its transmission pathways and drivers of person-to-person spread, while designing and testing interventions to mitigate human infections. She currently serves on the WHO Nipah Virus Taskforce, advising on medical countermeasure research and development. Emphasizing a One Health approach, her research integrates ecological factors into the study and prevention of infectious diseases. Dr. Gurley is the Co-Director of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) site in Bangladesh, which seeks to identify the causes of and reduce child mortality, and she collaborates with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Global Disease Detection program.
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