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Prev Chronic Dis
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Cookson, Susan T ; Soetebier, Karl ; Murray, Erin L ; Fajardo, Geroncio C ; Cowell, Alex ; ... More +
Cookson, Susan T ; Soetebier, Karl ; Murray, Erin L ; Fajardo, Geroncio C ; Cowell, Alex ; Drenzek, Cherie ; Hanzlick, Randy ; Less -
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Introduction The Internet has revolutionized the way public health surveillance is conducted. Georgia has used it for notifiable disease reporting, electronic outbreak management, and early event detection. We used it in our public health response to the 125,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees who came to Georgia. Methods We developed Internet-based surveillance forms for evacuation shelters and an Internet-based death registry. District epidemiologists, hospital-based physicians, and medical examiners/coroners electronically completed the forms. We analyzed these data and data from emergency departments used by the evacuees. Results Shelter residents and patients who visited emergency departments reported primarily chronic diseases. Among 33 evacuee deaths, only 2 were from infectious diseases, and 1 was indirectly related to the hurricane. Conclusion The Internet was essential to collect health data from multiple locations, by many different people, and for multiple types of health encounters during Georgia's Hurricane Katrina public health response.
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Chronic Disease
Cyclonic Storms
Humans
Internet
Mortality
Natural Disasters
Population Surveillance
Public Health Administration
Refugees
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Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 ; 5(4).;
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Journal Article ;
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Hurricane Katrina, 2005 ; Hurricane Katrina, 2005 ;
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 ; Hurricane Katrina, 2005 ; Less -
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Georgia ; Louisiana ;
Georgia ; Louisiana ; Less -
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Preventing Chronic Disease
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