Critical Issues in the Development of Health Information Systems in Supporting Environmental Health: A Case Study of Ciguatera | Zendy

S. Goater | Zendy; Bonnie T. Derne | Zendy; Philip Weinstein | Zendy

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Critical Issues in the Development of Health Information Systems in Supporting Environmental Health: A Case Study of Ciguatera

Author(s) -

S. Goater,

Bonnie T. Derne,

Philip Weinstein

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1002575

Subject(s) - ciguatera , public health , environmental planning , business , environmental health , environmental resource management , multidisciplinary approach , psychological intervention , medicine , geography , political science , fishery , environmental science , nursing , psychiatry , fish <actinopterygii> , law , biology

Emerging environmental pressures resulting from climate change and globalization challenge the capacity of health information systems (HIS) in the Pacific to inform future policy and public health interventions. Ciguatera, a globally common marine food-borne illness, is used here to illustrate specific HIS challenges in the Pacific and how these might be overcome proactively to meet the changing surveillance needs resulting from environmental change.

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