Maedeh Khayyat Kholghi, Gillian Bartlett, Morgan Phillips, Jon Salsberg, Alex M McComber, Ann C Macaulay
Evaluating an Indigenous health curriculum for diabetes prevention: engaging the community through talking circles and knowledge translation of results
Family practice
seasonal influenza annual public health challenge strains healthcare systems yet populationlevel prevalence remains underreported using standard clinical surveillance methods wastewater surveillance wws influenza allow reliable flu surveillance within community leveraging existing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 sarscov2 wws networks regardless sample type primary sludge vs primary influent using rtqpcrbased viral rna detection method targets additionally current influenza outbreaks disproportionately affect pediatric population study show utility interpreting influenza wws data elementary student absenteeism due illness selectively interpret disease spread pediatric population results show highest statistically significant correlation rs 096 p 0011 occurred influenza wws data elementary school absences due illness correlation coefficient notably higher correlations observed influenza wws data influenza clinical case data rs 079 p 0036 method combined suite pathogen data wastewater provide robust system determining causative agents diseases strongly symptomatic children infer pediatric outbreaks within communities