"GotFlu Channel": An Online Syndromic Surveillance Tool Supporting College Health Practice and Public Health Work

Autor/inn/en	Jaeger, Valerie; Shick-Porter, Melodie; Moore, Deborah; Grant, Darrell; Wolfe, Valerie
Titel	"GotFlu Channel": An Online Syndromic Surveillance Tool Supporting College Health Practice and Public Health Work
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 59 (2011) 5, S.415-418 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
Schlagwörter	Health Services; Public Health; Clinics; Diseases; College Students; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Attendance; Medical Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Disease; Krankheit; Collegestudent; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Anwesenheit
Abstract	Objective: Develop a tool to ease the burden of H1N1 influenza on a campus clinic by promoting self-care, generating medical notes, and identifying vulnerable students. Participants: Students at Brock University, a mid-sized urban campus; Brock's Student Health Services; and Niagara Public Health. Methods: Students accessed a controlled portal of Brock's Web site and self-identified onset/offset of influenza-like symptoms. Daily sign-in numbers were monitored and nonidentifiable aggregate data transferred to the local public health unit. Results: There was concordance among the number of college students signing in, local school absenteeism rates, and local rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza. Many visits to the campus health clinic were averted, 1,432 students used the tool. Conclusion: The online, real-time surveillance tool was effective in monitoring influenza activity on campus, providing timely health advice, decreasing unnecessary visits to the campus medical clinic, and assisting local public health in surveillance activities. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10