Laureen H Smith, Erica Baumker
Sugar-sweetened beverage behaviors of Tennessee school children: How do parent- and child-report compare on school days and nonschool days?
Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPN
scanning surveillance facilitates monitoring many endemic diseases livestock great britain including sheep scab ectoparasitic disease major welfare economic burden however drive improve costeffectiveness animal health surveillance example thoroughly exploiting existing data sources analysing veterinary investigation diagnosis analysis vida database study aimed enhance use existing scanning surveillance data sheep scab identify current trends highlighting geographical hotspots targeted disease control measures identifying denominator aid interpretation diagnostic count data furthermore study collated assessed impact past targeted disease control initiatives using temporal aberration detection algorithm farrington algorithm provide evidence base towards developing costeffective disease control strategies total 2401 positive skin scrapes recorded 2003 2018 statistically significant decline number positive skin scrapes diagnosed p 0001 occurred across study period significant clustering observed wales maximum 47 positive scrapes ceredigion 2007 scheduled ectoparasite tests also identified potential denominator interpretation positive scrapes stakeholders across study period 11 national disease control initiatives occurred four wales three england four scotland majority n 8 offered free diagnostic testing remainder involved knowledge transfer either combined free testing skills training introduction sheep scab scotland order 2010 farrington algorithm raised 20 alarms 11 occurred within period free testing wales one following introduction sheep scab scotland order 2010 summary analysis vida database greatly enhanced knowledge sheep scab great britain firstly identifying areas targeted action secondly offering framework measure impact future disease control initiatives importantly framework could applied inform future strategies control endemic diseases