Online Journal of Public Health Informatics · 2013 · 77 citations · 2 references
Public HealthInfectious Disease ControlInfectious DiseasesCommunicable Disease ControlDisease SurveillancePublic Health SurveillanceDisease Surveillance InformaticsDisease Surveillance SystemsHealth SurveillanceInfectious Disease SurveillanceInfluenza-like Illness SurveillanceOutbreak ReportingOutbreak Reporting SystemsPandemic Influenza SurveillanceParticipatory Disease SurveillancePopulation Health SurveillancePublic Health Reporting SystemsSentinel Surveillance NetworksTelehealth SurveillanceUser Feedback
In order to simultaneously learn about influenza activity and epidemiology across the nation, we harnessed the Internet and volunteers from around the nation to develop a participatory system for monitoring influenza-like-illness, called Flu Near You. Building on the work of participatory systems in other countries, we created a platform for weekly collection of the prevalence of 10 symptoms from volunteers. A freely available website provides an illustration of the distribution of users and their symptoms, by week. After a year of operation and with user feedback, we are able to evaluate design of the platform. Subsequent years will focus on expanding the system and detailed analysis of the data.
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Richard L. Marquet, A.I.M. Bartelds, Sander P. van Noort et al. · BMC Public Health · 2006 · 87 citations · Full text
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