Salmonella in the Caribbean (CB1167)

Target Audience

Public health practitioners with knowledge of basic epidemiologic and public health concepts, including epidemiologists, infectious disease investigators, public health nurses, environmental health specialists, sanitarians, laboratorians, and MPH students.

Learning Objectives

After completing this case study, the student should be able to do the following:

• Describe the epidemiology of infection with Salmonella (e.g., incubation period, modes of transmission, and common vehicles)
• List the steps that might be used to investigate and address a public health problem
• Describe the desired characteristics of a surveillance system for a disease, given the objectives of the surveillance system
• Analyze figures that display public health data
• Interpret the results of a case-control study
• Discuss the uses of subtyping information in foodborne disease investigations
• Assist in the evaluation of a surveillance system
• Discuss how surveillance data can be used to identify and characterize public health problems and to monitor control measures

Contact Information

epicasestudies@cdc.gov

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basic public health and epidemiologic concepts (including descriptive epidemiology, study design, and data analysis).

Language

English

Level

Intermediate

Time

3 to 4 hours

Continuing Education (CE) Information

METHOD OF PARTICIPATION — HOW TO RECEIVE CE

1. Go the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online.
2. Register as a participant for the course CB1167.
3. Complete the course evaluation and exam online.

To receive continuing education or contact hours, you must answer at least 70% of the exam questions correctly. For more information about continuing education, call 1-800-41TRAIN (1-800-418-7246) or 404-639-1292.

CE ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS

This computer-based case study has been approved for the following continuing education credits:

CME

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this computer-based educational activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

CNE

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditations. This activity provides 3.0 contact hours.

CEU

The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road; Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized to offer 0.3 ANSI/IACET CEUs for this program.

CECH

Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive up to 3.0 Category I CECH in health education. CDC provider number GA0082.

AAVSB/RACE

Course meets the requirements for 3.5 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery.

DISCLOSURE

In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use. CDC, our planners, and the presenters for this seminar do not have financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.  This presentation does not involve the unlabeled use of a product or product under investigational use.  There was no commercial support for this activity.

SUPPORT/FUNDING

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

FEES

No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.

ORIGINATION — EXPIRATION — RENEWAL DATES

April 1, 2008 — April 1, 2011 — April 1, 2013

System Requirements

To undertake the case study, you will need the following computer hardware and software:

• Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98, Windows NT® 4.0 with service pack 3 or higher, Windows 2000®, Windows XP®, or Windows Vista®
• Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent
• 65.6 MB available hard disk space
• 16 MB of memory
• 4x speed (NOTE: Only needed with CD format of program)
• Monitor resolution of 800 x 600 with 16-bit color
• Display font size set to small fonts
• Mouse

Developers

This product stem from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaboration with individuals from the following organization:

• National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases; Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases and Food Safety Office
• Office of Workforce and Career Development; Training Services Division

The development team included Jeanette K. Stehr-Green, MD, and Nancy Gathany, MEd.

Original Investigation Team

The following persons investigated the original salmonellosis problem in the Caribbean: Lisa Indar-Harrinauth, Nicholas Daniels, Parimi Prabbakar, Clive Brown, Gail Baccus-Taylor, Edward Commissiong, Hugo Reid, and James Hospedales.