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Data such as name, date of birth, citizenID, Hospital ID, phone number are considered as identifiable data. However, sometimes even there is no identifiable data provided. With a combination of non-identifiable data such as age, sex, occupation…., people can probably identify you.
Let try thinking about the combination of non-identifiable data t…[Read more]

Please select one disease that you would like to have an early warning system. How the early warning system would benefit the surveillance of that particular disease?

According to the article by Thomas G Savel in the reading assignment, the CDC has a vision for public health surveillance in the 21st Century as:

“High-value data, information, and knowledge are exchanged in a secure and timely manner for use in public health surveillance tools that are powerful and sophisticated but user friendly to accomplish t…[Read more]

Please watch VDOs of public communication regarding COVID-19 situation from the leaders of two countries: Singapore and the USA. Then try to observe whether the two leaders are the good communicators or not. When watching the VDOs try to look for these recommendation by WHO in public health communication :
Building trust
Communicating…[Read more]

Could you list the disease outbreaks that have been declared as the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)? Why do these outbreaks raise such concerns?

I would like you to read an article by the New York Times: New Delhi, Choking on Toxic Air, Declares Health Emergency

In Thailand and ASEAN countries, there is an increasing public interest in the air pollution problem. We have observed that the air quality is…[Read more]

Imagine that you’re analyzing survey responses with regard to the use of bednets for prevention of malaria. You find that a large proportion of respondents report not using bednets. However, you have no data about why they are not using bednets. What approach(es) might you use in order to figure out why respondents are not using bednets?

In the case study of the surveillance of melioidosis disease, it is interesting to see a large discrepancy of number of deaths between the national reporting system and the actual number of death cases from hospitals. We would not be able to recognize this until we did the evaluation.

What would be the consequences of inaccurate data reported to…[Read more]

According to steps of outbreak investigation, how could information technology be applied to assist the outbreak investigation process?

 If you were replacing an old technology with a new one that is easier to use, what would the TAM suggest about it’s relative usefulness? (i.e. should it be at least as useful as the old technology?)

What are some specific ‘external variables’ that you think might influence an individuals’ perceived ease of use or perceived usefulness of a new technology?

Before planning for a surveillance system, one should determine whether that particular disease really needs to be in a surveillance system. Factors that should be considered include burden, severity, transmission, public interest, preventable, and cost.

Could you give an example of a disease that needs a surveillance system? And at what…[Read more]

We have learned that there are several types of public health surveillance systems, these different surveillance activities can be integrated into the system to improve the surveillance performance. In addition to the routine passive surveillance, which additional types or activities that you would like to have to improve the performance of the…[Read more]

According to Table 7 of the paper by Choi BC. In the reading assignment, public health surveillance can be useful in many ways:
Early warning
Impact assessment
Intervention development and implementation
Intervention evaluation
Risk assessment
Research support
In your opinion, which functions that you think the surveillance system in your country…[Read more]

Discuss and reflect on what youhave learned from the motivation studies in TEDtalk.

The main objective of an experimental study is to assess whether the intervention is working well or not. There are three terms related to the outcome measure in experimental study:
1.Efficacy
2.Effectiveness
3.Efficiency
Could you give a brief explanation of these three terms? What would be the different in the study design in order to measure…[Read more]