flu near you engaging the public in public health public health preparedness summit 2015 atlanta, ga...
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FLU NEAR YOU
ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Public Health Preparedness Summit 2015
Atlanta, GA
Adam W. Crawley, MPH & Jennifer Olsen, DrPH
Skoll Global Threats Fund
PARTICIPATORY VS TRADITIONAL
SURVEILLANCE
TRADITIONALPARTICIPATO
RY
SPEED
SCALABILITY
SENSITIVITY
SPECIFICITY
CREDIBILITY
FNY WEBSITE
FNY MOBILE APPLICATON
SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS
• Addition of real-time reporting mechanism with weekly follow-up
• Travel or “out of town” survey indicator
• Addition of “have you sought medical care?” follow-up question for symptomatic participants
NEXT STEPS
• Continued research to determine optimal user distribution and identify sampling biases
• Outreach and marketing to grow user base
• Developing public and private partnerships… including health departments
• Continued refinement of FNY system and input on its use
DATA SHARING
• FNY data is available for health departments, with symptom reporting aggregated to the zip-code level.
• Variables include reporting week, zip code, total participants reporting, “ILI” and “gastrointestinal” syndromes and specific symptom totals.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Skoll Global Threats Fund
• HealthMap of Boston Children’s Hospital
• Epitrack
• American Public Health Association
• NACCHO
• Person County, NC; Eagle County, CO; Houston, TX; North Carolina MRC; California Dept Public Health; University of San Francisco; Louisiana State University; University of California Berkeley
QUESTIONS?
Download the mobile application for Android or iPhone to receive push
notifications
- OR -
Enroll at www.flunearyou.org to receive email reminders
Adam W. Crawley, MPH
Research Associate, Pandemics