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ArticleFrontiers in public health2021

The U.S. Needs a National Human Health Observing System.

Paul A Sandifer, Burton H Singer, Rita R Colwell

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Allostatic load in the context of disasters.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Paul A SandiferCenter for Coastal Environmental and Human Health, School of Sciences and Mathematics, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States.
Burton H SingerEmerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Rita R ColwellJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland College Park, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Funding

The effects of climate change on the natural attenuation and sedimentary record of harmful algal bloom toxins and microbial signalsP01ES028942 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI CHATTERJEE, SAURABH · 2018 to 2022
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NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES028942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and increasing frequency and severity of environmental disasters reveal an urgent need for a robust health observing/surveillance system. With the possible exception of Brazil, we know of no such comprehensive health observing capacity. The US should create a national system of linked regionally-based health monitoring systems similar to those for weather, ocean conditions, and climate. Like those for weather, the health observing system should operate continuously, collecting mental, physical, and community health data before, during, and after events. The system should include existing cross-sectional health data surveys, along with significant new investment in regional longitudinal cohort studies. The recently described framework for a Gulf of Mexico Community Health Observing System is suggested as a potential model for development of a nation-wide system.

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COVID-19PandemicsCross-Sectional StudiesHumansLongitudinal StudiesSARS-CoV-2cohort studiesCOVID-19disastersGulf of Mexicohealth observing systemhealth policyhealth surveillance

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PMID34552907
PMCPMC8450336

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