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BURDEN OF DISEASE:
NCCID RESOURCES
The notion of "burden of disease" is fundamental to public health and population health research. But what does it actually mean? NCCID has developed a series of resources for public health nurses, physicians, planners and policy makers to help them make better sense of the concepts and the measures.
NEW FROM NCCID
- There are other ways to think of burden of disease. Framing Burden of Disease is an overview of literature from a variety of disciplines, illustrating the many ways that burden is considered and some of the critiques of the more traditional models.
- NCCID has also developed plain-language versions to help explain the kinds of questions public health personnel may ask: More than Just Numbers, and Thinking about Burden with Equity in Mind.
LINKS // PH + ID
ARTICLE
'Texting Helps in Fight Against Foodborne Illnesses in Evanston, Ill.'
In light of the "one in six Americans ... infected with foodborne illnesses" every year, this story shares how one US city integrated its restaurant inspection scores with an automated system of text message alerts: "Diners just text 'food' to the city’s 311 number, and after a prompt, enter a restaurant name and they’re returned the recent score and inspection date." Source: Government Technology magazine
ARTICLE
'Zika Data From the Lab, and Right to the Web'
New York Times report on "a unique experiment in scientific transparency" at the University of Wisconsin’s primate center: "instead of saving their data [related to Zika virus research] for academic journals, the researchers have posted it almost immediately on a website anyone can visit. The openness of the process thrills scientists, who say it fosters collaboration and speeds research."
OPINION
'Stop treating sexual health as women’s responsibility'
In this commentary, Dr. Andrew Gray of the Residents Council of the Public Health Physicians of Canada critiques the "worryingly narrow" perspectives of various health authorities who, when it comes to advising on "the dangers that might be faced by women and their potential offspring" (as with Zika Virus, for example), these authorities all too often adopt an "exclusive focus on women themselves," with little to no mention of men's roles and responsibilities in preventing the spread of disease or application of violence.he openness of the process thrills scientists, who say it fosters collaboration and speeds research."
WEBINAR
"Staying Ahead of the Curve: Modelling and Public Health Decision-Making"
For public health practitioners and policy-makers who may be less familiar with mathematical modelling and its application to outbreaks and emergencies, this archived CDC Public Health Grand Round session includes a trio of presentations on "what insights models can provide, how modelling has informed responses in public health, and where modelling can lead the public health community in the future."
ARTICLE
"Modelling Epidemics: Back to School"
In this piece published on the website of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), a physicist specializing in complex networks discusses efforts to refine methods and models to better capture patterns of "disease-causing contacts within a population," in order to more effectively "elucidate how [infectious] diseases spread so as to determine and evaluate appropriate ways of fighting them." He cites SocioPattern's use of small wireless sensors, which detect the wearer's physical proximity and face-to-face contacts over the course of a day, as one such promising method.
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