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Closing the surveillance gap
Author(s) -
Halperin William E.,
Ordin Diana L.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199602)29:2<223::aid-ajim14>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - medicine , closing (real estate) , injury surveillance , identification (biology) , disease surveillance , health surveillance , occupational safety and health , environmental health , epidemiological surveillance , medical emergency , injury prevention , poison control , disease , epidemiology , pathology , botany , biology , political science , law
Since 1986 there has been substantial progress in developing surveillance systems for occupational disease and injury that meet the goals of surveillance: identification or new diseases and causes of injury; estimation of the magnitude and trend of injuries and illnesses; identification of epidemic clusters; and identification of sentinel cases representing failures of prevention. A quiltwork of surveillance systems for occupational diseases and injury has been implemented by several federal agencies; surveillance systems for many more disease and injuries are being developed by the states. The conceptual basis for “closing the surveillance gap” has been developed; national implementation is the next challenge. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.