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| Where are some of Public health responsibilities in communicable disease prevention stated? |
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| What is PH's responsibilities in the Communicable Disease Control Program? |
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Definition
| Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Diseases and conditions of Public Health or Military significance. |
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| What is public healths responsibility regarding reportable diseases? |
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| Report them to proper authorities and enter reportable diseases into AFRESS II (Within 24 hours for conditions determined to be urgently reportable) |
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| What is public healths responsibility regarding Morbidity and Mortality Data? |
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| Conduct public health surveillance that tracks incidence and trends of reportable disease |
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| MTF, PHEO and USAFSAM/HR of incidence, prevalence, modes of transmission and recommended control measures. |
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| What are PH responsibilities in outbreak investigations? |
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Definition
| Complete disease specific case investigation forms as mandated by state/local or host nation health officials |
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| Who does PH interview regarding communnunicable infections? |
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Definition
| Individuals with communicable invections that require contact tracing IAW CDC guidelines. |
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| How does PH manage inoformation collected in an interview or questionnaire? |
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Definition
| As confidential IAW with HIPPA and I0 U.S.C 654 |
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Term
| What does the term Principles of surveillance mean? |
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Definition
| Ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of health data. |
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| What is the purpose of surveillance? |
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Definition
| Provide mechanism to monitor the health of communities, Set priorities by identifying high risk groups, plan programs and evaluate preventive program effectiveness, and take actions to promote and protect publics health |
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| What is trends should PH be able to recognize? |
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Definition
| Common occurrence disease form those which are less common and cause for concern |
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| What is the providers role in diagnosed communicable diseases? |
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Definition
| Providers must notify PH when they have a patient with any disease listed in the Tri-Service /AF/ Urgent reportable events publications and local/state reportable listing |
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| What are the three groups that surveillance reporting is accomplished? |
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| 1) Case Reporting, 2) Syndromic surveillance, 3) Disease Non-Battle Injury |
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| It is accomplished anytime PH is notified of a reportable health event that has been diagnosed by a health care provider e.g. STD's, Permanent hearling loss etc.. |
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| Web enabled tool required by DOD used for PH communicable disease reporting |
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| Once entered into AFRESS where does the data go? |
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Definition
| Sent to USAFSAM/PHR then combined with other USAF installations and analyzed for AF trends then sent to MAJCOMS |
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| How many reportable events are covered in the tri-service, AF, and urgen reportable events publications |
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| What is syndromic surveillance? |
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| Surveillance of disease syndroms (groups of signs and symptoms) |
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| Does syndromic surveillance include Specific, clinical or laboratory-defined diseases? |
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Definition
| No (it pertains to Groups and Signs of symptoms) |
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| How is syndromic surveillance accomplished? |
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| What are ESSENCE's capabilities? |
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Definition
| Detecting outbreaks of emerging infections and bioterrorist attacks (A sensitive, specific, standardized, real-time surveillance system) |
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| What are the seven syndrom groups? |
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Definition
| Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Neurological, Dermatologic - hemorrhagic, Dermatologic - infections, Fever, Coma |
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| What is Disease Non-Battle Injury (DNBI) refer to? |
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Definition
| Driving power behind Force Health protection in any deployed setting. Established to address military members and public concerns of hazardous exposures( FOCUS on military troops) |
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| What are daily reporting requirements |
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Definition
Systemic Fever
Lower Respiratory Illness
Infectious GI
Dermatologic
Unexplained neurological |
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