The Status of cancer cluster activities at CDC (as of January 2006)

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Environmental Hazards and Health Effects. Health Studies Branch.
• Description:
  More than a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognized the need to develop operating procedures that would respond to public concern about disease clusters. The National Conference on Clustering of Health Events was held and the proceedings published (Neutra, 1990). At about the same time, CDC released “Guidelines for Investigating Clusters of Health Events” (CDC, 1990) in which a four-stage process was presented, involving (1) an initial response to gather source information, (2) an assessment of the occurrence of the health event, (3) a feasibility study, and (4) an epidemiologic investigation. Many state health departments adopted and modified these guidelines for their specific situations and available resources. The approaches varied among states and also by the nature of the cluster, and the availability of case data and comparison population. The orientation of each state-based inquiry response and investigation plan was also shaped by the state’s philosophy and experience with previously reported clusters.
• Content Notes:
  Introduction/Background -- Activity 1 -- Activity 2 -- Activity 3 -- Activity 4 -- Activity 5 -- Activity 6 -- Links -- References.
• Subjects:
  CDC--history Cluster Analysis Disease Hotspot History, 21st Century Neoplasms Public Health Surveillance/methods
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bef0054273f5e2d5a9a8caa25fca7fcc89fe6e7fd41fed41b1edb6d885bc31e5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/117879/cdc_117879_DS1.pdf
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