ReviewScientifica2012
The past, present, and future of public health surveillance.
Review in Scientifica, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- One Health and surveillance of zoonotic tuberculosis in selected low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Lessons From the Community-Engaged, Data-Driven Selection of Evidence-Based Practice Strategies in the HEALing Communities Study.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPTrial
- Multimodal Data Approaches for Examining the 2024-2025 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak in the United States: Descriptive Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Sentinel surveillance of vaping and emerging nicotine product use among university students: protocol for a longitudinal cohort study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Trends in depressive symptoms in Germany's adult population 2008-2023.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Early Detection and Surveillance of Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Nigeria : Integrating Nigerian Pidgin English (NPE) into the EPIWATCHJournal of medical systems · 2026Article
- Integrating mortality surveillance as a routine component of national essential public health functions: a blueprint for action.BMJ public health · 2026Review
- Contextual factors in the surveillance of non-communicable diseases (NCD) in Germany: political, social and environmental indicators.Journal of health monitoring · 2026Article
- Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) for Population-Based Data Collection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Continuing the conversation: practical strategies to enable acceptable and feasible health research in prisons.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Contextualization of Diabetes: A Review of Reviews from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Countries.Current diabetes reports · 2025Review
- Using Electronic Medical Records to Estimate the Prevalence of Pediatric Obesity in Mississippi.Journal of public health in the deep South · 2025Article
- The role of public health in rare diseases: hemophilia as an example.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Surveillance of non-communicable diseases: What matters to users? A qualitative interview study.Journal of health monitoring · 2024Article
- Validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale for the Mental Health Surveillance (MHS) of German adults.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- Climate-related health impact indicators for public health surveillance in a changing climate: a systematic review and local suitability analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Review
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- German adult population norm values of the short Warwick Edinburgh mental well-being scale (SWEMWBS).Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- An Innovative Approach to Using Electronic Health Records Through Health Information Exchange to Build a Chronic Disease Registry in Michigan.Preventing chronic disease · 2024Article
- Nowcasting methods to improve the performance of respiratory sentinel surveillance: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2024Article
23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This paper provides a review of the past, present, and future of public health surveillance-the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health action. Public health surveillance dates back to the first recorded epidemic in 3180 B.C. in Egypt. Hippocrates (460 B.C.-370 B.C.) coined the terms endemic and epidemic, John Graunt (1620-1674) introduced systematic data analysis, Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) started epidemic field investigation, William Farr (1807-1883) founded the modern concept of surveillance, John Snow (1813-1858) linked data to intervention, and Alexander Langmuir (1910-1993) gave the first comprehensive definition of surveillance. Current theories, principles, and practice of public health surveillance are summarized. A number of surveillance dichotomies, such as epidemiologic surveillance versus public health surveillance, are described. Some future scenarios are presented, while current activities that can affect the future are summarized: exploring new frontiers; enhancing computer technology; improving epidemic investigations; improving data collection, analysis, dissemination, and use; building on lessons from the past; building capacity; enhancing global surveillance. It is concluded that learning from the past, reflecting on the present, and planning for the future can further enhance public health surveillance.
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