Summary Since January 2, 2001 a large鈥恠cale active surveillance programme for BSE started in the Netherlands in addition to the passive surveillance programme of cattle with clinical symptoms compatible with BSE. Based on decisions of the Council of European Ministers of Agriculture, the European ...
Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever are emerging as major public health problems in most tropical countries. Effective prevention and control programs will depend on improved surveillance. A new approach to active surveillance is outlined with emphasis on the interepidemic period. The objective is to ...
PUBLIC health surveillanceIMMUNIZATIONCONFIDENCE intervalsPRIMARY health careSOCIOECONOMIC factorsCHI-squared testDRUG side effectsLONGITUDINAL methodObjective: To describe the active surveillance of adverse events following immunization, their incidence and associated factors in a mun...
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In one sample, we made weekly telephone contact for active hepatitis A (HA) surveillance; in the other, we made no such contact (passive surveillance). Appropriate county health departments were notified whenever we identified a HA case by active surveillance. Active surveillance was associated ...
Active surveillance and other observational strategies have produced excellent, long-term disease-specific survival and minimal morbidity for men with prostate cancer. Despite this, expectant management remains underused for men with localized prostate cancer,” Dr. Litwin said in a UCLA press release. ...
The INternational Active Surveillance study of women taking Oral Contraceptives (INAS-OC) is designed to investigate the short- and long-term safety of the new regimen in a population which is representative for the typical user of oral contraceptives. Methods/Design A large, prospective, controlled...
In the first 3 months of 1991, active surveillance identified nine unreported cases (69% of the total cases reported) in one hospital. These underreporting estimates far exceed the 15% national underreporting rate es...
Department of Urological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: The controversies concerning possible overtreatment of prostate cancer, highlighted by debate over PSA screening, have highlighted active surveillance (AS) as an alternative management option for appropriate ...
Therefore, long-term residency in active volcanic areas may adversely influence health of the population. At Kilauea Volcano in Hawai`i, nursing research on volcanic health has resulted in new public health policy. Nursing is uniquely qualified to conduct surveillance of disease, provide treatment, ...