Rev. ed. of : Principles and practice of public health surveillance / edited by Steven M. Teutsch, R. Elliott Churchill. 2nd ed. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical background / Stephen B. Thacker -- Considerations in plan ning a surveillance system / Stephen M. Teutsch -- Economic and policy justification for public health surveillance / David B. Rein -- Collect ing public health surveillance data : creating a surveillance system / M. Kathleen Glynn and Lorraine C. Backer -- Informatics and the managem ent of surveillance data / Ramesh S. Krishnamurthy and Michael E. St. L ouis -- Analyzing and interpreting public health surveillance data / Pa trick S. Sullivan ... [et al.] -- Communicating public health surveilla nce information for action / Patrick L. Remington and David E. Nelson - - Evaluating public health surveillance / Samuel L. Groseclose, Robert R. German, and Peter Nsubuga -- Ethics in public health surveillance -- Legal considerations in public health surveillance in the United State s / Verla S. Neslund ... [et al.] -- Public health surveillance for inf ectious diseases / Chris Van Beneden and Ruth Lynfield --

Public health surveillance for chronic diseases, injuries, and birth defects / Ali H. Mokdad ... [et al.] -- Surveillance for determinants of population health / Roy Gibson Parrish, Sharon M. McDonnell, and Pat rick L. Remington -- Public health surveillance for preparedness and em ergency response : biosurveillance for human health / Daniel M. Sosin a nd Richard S. Hopkins -- Healthcare quality and safety : the monitoring of administrative information systems and the interface with public he alth surveillance / James F. Murray and Chesley Richards -- Postmarket surveillance for pharmaceuticals and devices / Paul J. Seligman ... [et al.] -- Surveillance in low-resource settings : challenges and opportu nities in the current context of global health / Michael St. Louis ... [et al.] -- State and local public health surveillance in the United St ates / Guthrie S. Birkhead and Christopher M. Maylahn -- Public health workforce needs for surveillance / Denise Koo and Herman Tolentino -- E volving challenges and opportunities in public health surveillance / Li sa M. Lee and Stephen B Thacker.