- Title
- The application of syndromic surveillance to public health practice
- Creator
- Paterson, Beverley Joyce
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy
- Description
- This Thesis by Publication is a series of eleven scientific papers and letters published in peer reviewed, professional journals which explore how syndromic surveillance has been applied to public health practice. At the time of submission, ten papers have been published in peer reviewed journals and one has been accepted for publication. Chapter One: ‘Overview’, introduces the topic of syndromic surveillance. The separate papers are placed within the context of what is known about syndromic surveillance and public health. Chapter Two: ‘Literature Review’, is a peer reviewed article ‘The remarkable adaptability of syndromic surveillance to meet public health needs’ that examines the literature to determine how syndromic surveillance has been used as a tool in public health practice and how it has been adapted by practitioners over time to meet changing public health information needs. This scientific publication was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. Chapter Three: ‘Gathering the evidence: syndromic data utilisation’, includes four published papers and scientific letters that demonstrate how syndromic data sources can inform public health responses or provide additional information to help characterise a particular disease. The peer reviewed article ‘Historical data and modern methods reveal insights in measles epidemiology: a retrospective closed cohort study’ was published in the journal BMJ Open. The scientific letter ‘Influenza: H1N1 goes to school’ was published in in the journal Science. The scientific letter ‘Use of workplace absenteeism surveillance data for outbreak detection’ was published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. The peer reviewed article ‘Changes in the severity of 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza in England: a Bayesian evidence synthesis’ was published in the British Medical Journal. Chapter Four: ‘Implementing and evaluating the evidence: syndromic surveillance in practice’, is a series of three published papers and scientific letters that establish the value and effectiveness of developing a syndromic surveillance system for a specific purpose. The peer reviewed article ‘Pacific‐wide simplified syndromic surveillance for early warning of outbreaks’ was published in the journal Global Public Health. The peer reviewed article ‘Sustaining surveillance: evaluating syndromic surveillance in the Pacific’ was published in Global Public Health. The scientific letter ‘Pandemic response in low‐resource settings requires effective syndromic surveillance’ was published in the journal Influenza and other respiratory viruses. Chapter Five: ‘Presenting the evidence: changing public health policy’, includes two published papers and one published scientific letter which illustrate how syndromic surveillance can be used to inform public health policy. The peer reviewed article ‘A review of the epidemiology and surveillance of viral zoonotic encephalitis and the impact on human health in Australia’ has been published in the journal New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. The peer reviewed article ‘Review of Australia’s polio surveillance’ has been accepted for publication in the journal Communicable Disease Intelligence. The scientific letter, ‘Guillain‐Barré Syndrome’ has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The final chapter, ‘Discussion and Conclusions’, summarises the overall findings from the thesis, discusses public health outcomes resulting from the thesis, identifies gaps in the literature and limitations of the research, and discusses further areas for research. As demonstrated throughout the thesis, syndromic surveillance is a broad term covering multiple divergent approaches to surveillance. This flexibility appears to be its strength, making it useful to address a range of public health needs.
- Subject
- epidemiology; surveillance; syndromic surveillance; emerging infectious diseases; thesis by publication
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1039416
- Identifier
- uon:13649
- Rights
- Copyright 2013 Beverley Joyce Paterson
- Language
- eng
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