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1. 8) Public Health Surveillance
By: G/kiros G. (Bsc, MPH)
May, 2017
2. Session Objectives
After studying this lesson, you will be able to:
• Define public health surveillance
• List the essential activities of surveillance
• Describe sources of data and data systems commonly
used for public health surveillance
• Describe the principal methods of analyzing and
presenting surveillance data
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4. What is epidemiologic
surveillance?
Derived from the French “sur” (over)
and “veiller” (to watch)
is the “close and continuous observation of one
or more persons for the purpose of direction,
supervision, or control.”
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5. Public Health Surveillance
It is an ongoing:
systematic collection,
analysis,
interpretation and
dissemination
of health related data for public action.
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7. Purposes and Uses of Public
Health Surveillance
Assess public health status
Define public health priorities
Evaluate programs
Stimulate research
Detect sudden change in disease
occurrence and distribution.
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8. Purposes and Uses of Public
Health Surveillance
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To learn more about the natural history, clinical
spectrum and epidemiology of a disease.
To follow secular (long-term) trends of a disease
To detect change in health care practices
To assess the effectiveness of a preventive
intervention in a population
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10. Population-based Vs Sentinel Surveillance
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Population based;
Surveillance pertaining to the general
population defined by geographical boundaries
Sentinel:
It is a surveillance based on selected
population samples chosen to represent the
relevant experience of particular groups
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12. Sentinel Surveillance
Sentinel surveillance uses a pre-
arranged sample of reporting sources to
report all cases of one or more conditions.
This is carried out by:
Selecting sample sources most likely to
see cases of the specified condition.
Identifying institutions that serve the
population subgroups and that can obtain
data regarding the condition of interest.
Sentinel surveillance provides a practical
alternative to population-based
surveillance, in developing countries.
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13. Sentinel surveillance
Advantages
relatively inexpensive
provides a practical
alternative to population-
based surveillance
can make productive use
of data collected for
other purposes
Disadvantages
the selected population
may not be
representative of the
whole population
use of secondary data
may lead to data of lesser
quality and timeliness
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14. Passive surveillance
Passive surveillance may be defined as a
mechanism for routine survey based on passive
case detection and on the routine recording
and reporting system.
The information provider comes to the health
institutions for help, be it medical or other.
It involves collection of data as part of routine
provision of health services.
provider initiated reporting (routine reporting )
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15. Advantages
Passive surveillance:
covers a wide range of problems
does not require special arrangement
is relatively cheap
covers a wider area
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16. Disadvantages
The information generated is to a large extent
unreliable, incomplete and inaccurate
Most of the time, data from passive
surveillance is not available on time
you may not get the kind of information you
desire
It lacks representativeness as it is mainly from
health institutions
There is no feed back system
The Denominator is unknown
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17. Active surveillance
A method of data collection usually on a specific
disease, for relatively limited period of time.
It involves collection of data through:
House-to-house surveys or
Mobilizing communities to some central point where
data can be collected.
Example: Investigation of out-breaks
public health system initiated reporting, or
(Public health official) initiated through resource
mobilization.
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18. Advantages
The advantages of active surveillance
include:
the collected data is complete and
accurate
Information collected is timely.
The required information is gathered
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19. Disadvantages
it requires good organization
it is expensive
requires skilled human power
it is for short period of time
it is directed towards specific disease
conditions
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20. Conditions in which active
surveillance is appropriate
For periodic evaluation of an ongoing program
For programs with limited time of operation
such as eradication program.
In unusual situations such as:
New disease discovery
New mode of transmission
When a high-risk season/year is recognized.
When a disease is found to affect a new subgroup
of the population.
When a previously eradicated disease reappears.
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21. Features of a good surveillance system
Using a combination of both active and
passive surveillance techniques
Timely notification
Timely and comprehensive action taken
in response to notification
Availability of a strong laboratory
service for accurate diagnoses of cases
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22. Uses of Public Health Surveillance
Estimate magnitude of the problem
Determine geographic distribution of illness
Portray the natural history of a disease
Detect epidemics/define a problem
Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
Evaluate control measures
Monitor changes in infectious agents
Detect changes in health practices
Facilitate planning
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24. 1. Data Collection and recording
Basic techniques of data collection include
the following:
Record review
Interviews
Surveys using questionnaires, and
Data Collection and recording
Observation
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25. 2. Data compilation and analysis
In analyzing surveillance data, we first do
descriptive analysis by;
time
place
person
We usually use simple tabulations and
graphic techniques.
Analysis of data must be made at every
level of the health delivery system.
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26. 3. Interpretation
After analyzing data, if the pattern of
disease is different from what we
expect, further investigation of the
disease is important.
When we interpret data, we should be
cautious of considering Correct
numerator and denominator (population
increase or decrease).
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27. 4. Dissemination of surveillance data
Dissemination of surveillance data to
those who need to know is a critical
component of a surveillance system.
• The audience should include:
• Those who provide the reports (health
providers)
• The community who could be affected
• Those who participate in a program
planning and decision making.
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28. Reporting and notification
Reporting formats must be clear and easy to
use.
Any report must be clear and answer questions
like ``what, where, when, to whom, for what
and why``.
Types of reports
Oral: - passing information verbally and the
sender must check that the message is
correctly understood by the receiver.
telephone-for special cases like emergency
situations.
Written - in normal circumstances.
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29. Reporting and notification…
There are three periods of reporting:
1. Immediate reporting:
A. For diseases considering presence of a single
case to result to a suspicion for an epidemic.
B. Suspected epidemic when a threshold is
crossed
2. On weekly basis:
For epidemic prone diseases. eg Malaria,
meningitis
3. On monthly basis:
For Routine surveillance eg Tuberculosis,
Leprosy, AIDS cases
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30. 5. Link to public health action
‘Information for action’ means surveillance
should be functionally linked with public
health action.
The action could be:
Removal of common exposure (contaminated food),
Lowering susceptibility through immunization
Treating environment (a water supply).
Education to change behavior ….. etc
Usually the action is done on weak-link of
chain of transmission
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31. Selection of disease for surveillance
All diseases may not be included in a
surveillance because of its costliness.
The importance of a health event to be
included in surveillance system, it should
be assessed through certain criteria.
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32. Criteria of inclusion in surveillance
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1. The current impact of the health event
– Having high incidence/ prevalence
–Mortality (overall and age specific rates)
– Severity (case fatality rate, hospitalization)
eg Malaria, Pneumonia, Diarrheal dis., TB, HIV/AIDS
2. The disease should be of epidemic potential
(eg. Measles, cholera, meningitis)
3. Surveillance required internationally
(eg plague, yellow fever, cholera)
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33. Criteria of inclusion in surveillance
4. Having available and effective
prevention and control interventions
(e.g. Schistosomiasis, Onchoserciasis)
5. Can easily be identified using simple
case definitions
6. Having intervention program already
found in the country
(eg EPI, IMCI)
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34. List of Priority Diseases in Ethiopia
Epidemic-prone diseases
1. Cholera
2. Diarrhea with blood
(Shigellosis)
3. Measles
4. Meningitis
5. Plague
6. Viral hemorrhagic fever
7. Yellow fever
8. Typhoid fever
9. Relapsing fever
10. Epidemic typhus
11. Malaria
Diseases targeted for
eradication
12. Acute flaccid paralysis (Polio)
13. Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm)
14. Leprosy
15. Neonatal Tetanus(NNT)
Other diseases of public
health importance
16. Pneumonia in children
17. Diarrhea in children
18. New AIDS cases
19. Onchocerciasis
20. Sexually Transmitted Infections
21. Tuberculosis
22. Rabies
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35. Steps in Planning surveillance
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1. Establish objectives
2. Develop case definitions
3. Determine data source or data collection
mechanisms
4. Develop data collection instruments
5. Field test methods
6. Develop and test analytic approach
7. Develop dissemination mechanism
8. Ensure use of analysis and interpretation
36. Case definition of diseases
A case definition is a set of criteria used to
decide whether a person has a particular
disease.
It includes:
Criteria: Signs and symptoms with or
without a laboratory test
Classification of case definition is based on
Confirmed, Probable, Possible/ Suspect
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40. Evaluation of Surveillance system
To evaluate a surveillance system we
must assess each of the following:
1. Simplicity: refers to the ease of
operation of the system as a whole and
each of its components
2. Flexibility: the ability of a surveillance
system to accommodate changes in
operating conditions or information
needs
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41. Evaluation of Surveillance system
3. Acceptability: reflects the willingness of
individuals and organizations to
participate in a surveillance system.
4. Sensitivity: is the ability of a system to
detect the cases it is intended to detect.
Sensitivity also refers to the system’s ability
to detect epidemics and other changes in
disease occurrence.
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42. Evaluation of Surveillance system
5. Predictive Value Positive: is the
proportion of reported cases which truly
are cases.
6. Representativeness: generalizability
7. Timeliness: the availability of data in
time for appropriate action.
8. Cost effective
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