Citation

Chiolero A, Buckeridge D. J. Epidemiol. Community Health 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/jech-2018-211654

PMID

32332114

Abstract

Public health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data, closely integrated with the timely dissemination of the resulting information to those responsible for preventing and controlling disease and injury. With the rapid development of data science, encompassing big data and artificial intelligence, and with the exponential growth of accessible and highly heterogeneous health-related data, from healthcare providers to user-generated online content, the field of surveillance and health monitoring is changing rapidly. It is, therefore, the right time for a short glossary of key terms in public health surveillance, with an emphasis on new data-science developments in the field.

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Language: en

Keywords

Public health surveillance; big data; data science; monitoring