Title: Outbreak investigation Subject: Steps in outbreak investigation Author: cds Last modified by: cne Created Date: 4/4/1997 9:18:40 AM Document presentation format
Title: EPIET presentation 201103 Last modified by: Viviane Bremer Created Date: 3/29/2006 10:12:08 AM Document presentation format: On-screen Show (4:3)
Autopsy. Systematic approach. Reasons for inviting you 'Terms of reference' ... Autopsy deceased student. Psychological support. Communication and information ...
Sample size calculation Ioannis Karagiannis based on previous EPIET material Lecture on measures of disease occurence * The power of a statistical test is the ...
Title: Top 10 Causes of Death in the United States, 1900 vs. 1998 Author: Neal Simonsen Last modified by: Donald E. Mercante Created Date: 5/27/2002 6:07:33 AM
Hellenic Centre for Infectious Disease Control. Denis Coloumbier, MD ... Harmonisation of methods. New methods. We all have systems that need improvement ...
Food Specific Attack Rates, Outbreak of Salmonellosis, ... Appropriate color palette. Characteristics of colors. Brightness. Hue. Quantitative. Qualitative ...
Cases of Down Syndrome by Birth Order. and Maternal Age ... Different effects in different strata. Simple. Useful. Increases knowledge of biological mechanism ...
Thomas Grein, Denis Coulombier, Philippe Sudre, Mike Catchpole, Denise Antona -IDEA. Brigitte Helynck, Philippe Malfait, Institut de veille sanitaire ...
CU/(NU- CU) Cohort design. 3 measures of association ... May be biased by time trend in exposure: between-period confounding ' Case-time-control design ' ...
Title: Sampling Author: Biagio Pedalino Last modified by: usuari13 Document presentation format: Presentaci n en pantalla Other titles: Times New Roman Arial Arial ...
'Conditional' on using discordant pairs only. Matching variable itself cannot be analysed ... Two matched studies. Controls from same general practice and ...
Simple analysis. EpiData (II) Simple surveys one questionnaire ... Use to write comments during data entry eg: difficult to read handwriting etc. View Data ...
Text, tables, graphics, diagrams PowerPoint. Main group work - introduction ... (and Episheet) the association between food items and disease using odds ratios ...
Principles of Surveillance. Lazareto de Mah n, Menorca, Spain. 9th October 2006 ... screening programmes (antenatal, blood donors) pharmacy / over the counter drugs ...
The study of the incidence, distribution and determinants of ... Breastfeeding Study. Which measure of ... Doll et al, BMJ 2004. Example of a prospective ...
Capture-recapture methods are used for counting the total number of individuals ... Individuals captured on both occasions can be matched OK if good recording systems ...
Apply public health principles to choice of reference groups in case-control studies ... Volvo factory, Sweden. 3000 employees. 200 cases of gastroenteritis ...
AB. CD. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Lab. results. Date of onset. Addresse ... occupation, etc. Distribution of these variables in population. Attack rates. Outbreak of S. ...
Occurrence of more cases of disease than expected. in a given area ... serology. isolates, typing of isolates. toxic agents. Contact (visit) the laboratories ...
Accessed at http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/gcdc/manual/outbreakinvest.pdf Consumers Advised That Recent ... even long after an investigation has been ...
Rothman KJ, 1986. Constraints of time and resource. Selection of reference group can be difficult ... Sample size. Often limited by number of cases available ...
at the time of the survey, in each of the three states of Greater ... random selection of people using telephone directory. 25. Methods. Data analysis plan ...
Questionnaire Validation Many existing questionnaires can be used or adapted eg SF-36 Validated Others e.g. for an outbreak have not been validated and ...
gathers information or measures. A series of written questions/items ... Have you ever had stomach ache and diarrhoea? Ambiguity. Do you go to the woods a lot? ...
Measles Pertussis. Zoonoses (brucellosis) Food borne & water borne diseases. KEEL ... Pertussis. Mumps. Respiratory Infections. KEEL. MINISTRY OF HEALTH ...
... to acquire knowledge about causes and protective factors of disease. Both for outbreaks and endemic diseases. Easy to perform and analyse. Needs thorough planning ...
Source: Rothman KJ, Greenland: Causation and Causal Inference in Epidemiology, (Am J PH, 2005) ... (K. Rothman) Is a factor (or a group of factors) sufficient ...
between sensitivity and specificity for a test. Simple tool to: ... high prevalence, test will pick up. more true positives (increasing PVP) more false negatives ...
Lay down rules for all partners (quality) Obtain approval of ethical ... Case-control study, risk factors for brucellosis in France. 4. Methods. Data collection ...
Pandemic and avian influenza. Monitoring and assessing the threat day-by-day ... in the event of a pandemic influenza or an avian influenza public health crisis ...