Open AccessLessons Learned From Miami-Dade County's COVID-19 Epidemic: Making Surveillance Data Accessible for Policy Makers
Author(s) -
Richard N. Williams,
Zoran Bursac,
Mary Jo Trepka,
Gabriel J. Odom
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/phh.0000000000001364
Subject(s) - miami , public health , covid-19 , metropolitan area , transparency (behavior) , census , public health surveillance , public policy , public relations , business , political science , medicine , environmental health , computer science , computer security , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , population , environmental science , disease , pathology , soil science , law
COVID-19 represents an unprecedented challenge to policy makers as well as those entrusted with capturing, monitoring, and analyzing COVID-19 data. Effective public policy is data-informed policy. This requires a liaison between public health scientists and public officials.