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A comprehensive approach to risk assessment and surveillance guiding public health interventions
Jens Aagaard-Hansen1, Birte Holm Sørensen, Claire-Lise Chaignat
1DBL-Centre for Health Research and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark. jah@life.ku.dk
Abstract:
Tools are required to identify 'multi-endemic' population segments - in order to benefit the most vulnerable people and to make public health interventions cost-effective. The article suggests a comprehensive risk assessment and surveillance system approach based on a combination of epidemiological, environmental and social determinants. Such a cross-disciplinary approach will combine the advantages of forecasting upcoming disease 'hot spots' with provision of evidence for long-term planning under more stable conditions, and it may in principle apply to any combination of public health problems depending on the local context.
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