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Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

With an Emphasis on Syndromic Surveillance

By: Ronald D. Fricker

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Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

With an Emphasis on Syndromic Surveillance

By: Ronald D. Fricker

Bioterrorism is not a new threat, but in an increasingly interconnected world, the potential for catastrophic outcomes is greater today than ever. The medical and public health communities are establishing biosurveillance systems designed to proactively monitor populations for possible disease outbreaks as a first line of defense. The ideal biosurveillance system should identify trends not visible to individual physicians and clinicians in near-real time. Many of these systems use statistical algorithms to look for anomalies and to trigger epidemiologic investigation, quantification, localization and outbreak management. This book discusses the design and evaluation of statistical methods for effective biosurveillance for readers with minimal statistical training. Weaving public health and statistics together, it presents basic and more advanced methods, with a focus on empirically demonstrating added value. Although the emphasis is on epidemiologic and syndromic surveillance, the statistical methods can be applied to a broad class of public health surveillance problems.

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1107328063

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Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks

Saving Humanity from the Next Plague

By: Steven E Rigdon,Ronald D. Fricker, Jr.

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Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks

Saving Humanity from the Next Plague

By: Steven E Rigdon,Ronald D. Fricker, Jr.

With COVID-19 sweeping across the globe with near impunity, it is thwarting governments and health organizations efforts to contain it. Not since the 1918 Spanish Flu have citizens of developed countries experienced such a large-scale disease outbreak that is having devastating health and economic impacts. One reason such outbreaks are not more common has been the success of the public health community, including epidemiologists and biostatisticians, in identifying and then mitigating or eliminating the outbreaks. Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks: Saving Humanity from the Next Plague is the story of the application of statistics for disease detection and tracking. The work of public health officials often crucially depends on statistical methods to help discern whether an outbreak may be occurring and, if there is sufficient evidence of an outbreak, then to locate and track it. Statisticians also help collect critical information, and they analyze the resulting data to help investigators zero in on a cause for a disease. With the recent outbreaks of diseases such as swine and bird flu, Ebola, and now COVID-19, the role that epidemiologists and biostatisticians play is more important than ever. Features: · Discusses the crucial roles of statistics in early disease detection. · Outlines the concepts and methods of disease surveillance. · Covers surveillance techniques for communicable diseases like Zika and chronic diseases such as cancer. · Gives real world examples of disease investigations including smallpox, syphilis, anthrax, yellow fever, and microcephaly (and its relationship to the Zika virus). Via the process of identifying an outbreak, finding its cause, and developing a plan to prevent its reoccurrence, this book tells the story of how medical and public health professionals use statistics to help mitigate the effects of disease. This book will help readers understand how statisticians and epidemiologists help combat the spread of such diseases in order to improve public health across the world.

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CRC Press

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1351725025

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9781351725026

Going to the Mines to Look for Diamonds

Experimenting with Recruiting Stations in Malls

By: Ronald D. Fricker,C. Christine Fair

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Experimenting with Recruiting Stations in Malls

By: Ronald D. Fricker,C. Christine Fair

Describes RAND's evaluation of performance of a prototype military recruiting station located in an outlet mall in northern Virginia during its first year of operation. Evaluation includes statistical information on performance indicators, description of services' use of station, conclusions on MERS concept potential, and recommendations for experimental use of prototype station.

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Rand Corporation

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083303443X

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9780833034434

Conducting Research Surveys via E-mail and the Web

By: Matthias Schonlau,Ronald D., Jr. Fricker,Marc N. Elliott

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Conducting Research Surveys via E-mail and the Web

By: Matthias Schonlau,Ronald D., Jr. Fricker,Marc N. Elliott

Internet-based surveys, although still in their infancy, are becomingincreasingly popular because they are believed to be faster, better,cheaper, and easier to conduct than surveys using more-traditional telephoneor mail methods. Based on evidence in the literature and real-life casestudies, this book examines the validity of those claims. The authorsdiscuss the advantages and disadvantages of using e-mail and the Web toconduct research surveys, and also offer practical suggestions for designing and implementing Internet surveys most effectively.Among other findings, the authors determined that Internet surveys may bepreferable to mail or telephone surveys when a list of e-mail addresses forthe target population is available, thus eliminating the need for mail orphone invitations to potential respondents. Internet surveys also arewell-suited for larger survey efforts and for some target populations thatare difficult to reach by traditional survey methods. Web surveys areconducted more quickly than mail or phone surveys when respondents arecontacted initially by e-mail, as is often the case when a representativepanel of respondents has been assembled in advance. And, although surveysincur virtually no coding or data-entry costs because the data are capturedelectronically, the labor costs for design and programming can be high.

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0833032267

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9780833032263

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

With an Emphasis on Syndromic Surveillance

By: Ronald D. Fricker

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Book's by Ronald D. Fricker

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks

Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks

Going to the Mines to Look for Diamonds

Going to the Mines to Look for Diamonds

Conducting Research Surveys via E-mail and the Web

Conducting Research Surveys via E-mail and the Web

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

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