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J Public Health Manag Pract ; 23(2): e25-e31, 2017.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26523801

RESUMEN

The recent Ebola epidemic has put the words "isolation and quarantine" in the spotlight. Isolation and quarantine are tools that are often utilized by public health officials around the United States to address various types of infectious disease, including tuberculosis. While voluntary compliance is preferred, it can be difficult to achieve. In cases where an individual chooses not to voluntarily comply with an isolation or quarantine request, public health officials require assistance from the judiciary and law enforcement to effectuate the order. This article compares 2 recent court cases with different outcomes where public health officials sought assistance from the courts to enforce an isolation or quarantine order.


Asunto(s)
Brotes de Enfermedades/prevención & control , Aislamiento de Pacientes/legislación & jurisprudencia , Cuarentena/legislación & jurisprudencia , Brotes de Enfermedades/legislación & jurisprudencia , Fiebre Hemorrágica Ebola/epidemiología , Fiebre Hemorrágica Ebola/prevención & control , Humanos , Aislamiento de Pacientes/normas , Salud Pública/legislación & jurisprudencia , Cuarentena/normas , Tuberculosis/epidemiología , Tuberculosis/prevención & control , Estados Unidos/epidemiología
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J Public Health Manag Pract ; 19(6): 598-605, 2013.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22510786

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OBJECTIVE: The nation's 2862 local health departments (LHDs) are the primary means for assuring public health services for all populations. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of organizational network analysis on management decisions in LHDs and to demonstrate the technique's ability to detect organizational adaptation over time. DESIGN AND SETTING: We conducted a longitudinal network analysis in a full-service LHD with 113 employees serving about 187,000 persons. Network survey data were collected from employees at 3 times: months 0, 8, and 34. At time 1 the initial analysis was presented to LHD managers as an intervention with information on evidence-based management strategies to address the findings. At times 2 and 3 interviews documented managers' decision making and events in the task environment. RESULTS: Response rates for the 3 network analyses were 90%, 97%, and 83%. Postintervention (time 2) results showed beneficial changes in network measures of communication and integration. Screening and case identification increased for chlamydia and for gonorrhea. Outbreak mitigation was accelerated by cross-divisional teaming. Network measurements at time 3 showed LHD adaptation to H1N1 and budget constraints with increased centralization. Task redundancy increased dramatically after National Incident Management System training. CONCLUSIONS: Organizational network analysis supports LHD management with empirical evidence that can be translated into strategic decisions about communication, allocation of resources, and addressing knowledge gaps. Specific population health outcomes were traced directly to management decisions based on network evidence. The technique can help managers improve how LHDs function as organizations and contribute to our understanding of public health systems.


Asunto(s)
Toma de Decisiones en la Organización , Administración en Salud Pública , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Gestión de la Información en Salud , Humanos , Estudios Longitudinales , Persona de Mediana Edad , Innovación Organizacional , Investigación Cualitativa , Mejoramiento de la Calidad , Adulto Joven
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Nat Commun ; 13(1): 3207, 2022 06 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35680861

RESUMEN

In Fall 2020, universities saw extensive transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among their populations, threatening health of the university and surrounding communities, and viability of in-person instruction. Here we report a case study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where a multimodal "SHIELD: Target, Test, and Tell" program, with other non-pharmaceutical interventions, was employed to keep classrooms and laboratories open. The program included epidemiological modeling and surveillance, fast/frequent testing using a novel low-cost and scalable saliva-based RT-qPCR assay for SARS-CoV-2 that bypasses RNA extraction, called covidSHIELD, and digital tools for communication and compliance. In Fall 2020, we performed >1,000,000 covidSHIELD tests, positivity rates remained low, we had zero COVID-19-related hospitalizations or deaths amongst our university community, and mortality in the surrounding Champaign County was reduced more than 4-fold relative to expected. This case study shows that fast/frequent testing and other interventions mitigated transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at a large public university.


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COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2 , COVID-19/epidemiología , COVID-19/prevención & control , Prueba de COVID-19 , Humanos , SARS-CoV-2/genética , Sensibilidad y Especificidad , Universidades
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