Introduction to Public Health Surveillance
Public health surveillance is “the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data essential to planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice.” — Field Epidemiology
These materials provide an overview of public health surveillance systems and methods.
Topics
- Uses of public health surveillance systems
- Active and passive surveillance
- Sources of public health surveillance data
Slide Presentation
These slide sets are in the public domain and may be downloaded and customized as needed by the user for informational or educational purposes. Permission from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not required, but citation of the source is appreciated.
Suggested Citation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Introduction to Public Health. In: Public Health 101 Series. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2014. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/training/publichealth101/surveillance.html.
E-learning Course
These are links to self-study e-learning courses on this topic.