Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics

R. Thiébaut; F. Thiessard; Section Editors for the IMIA Yearbook Section on Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics

doi:10.15265/IY-2017-036

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2017; 26(01): 248-251
DOI: 10.15265/IY-2017-036

Section 11: Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics

Synopsis

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics

R. Thiébaut

¹Univ. Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France

²Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Service d’Information Médicale, Bordeaux, France

³Inria, SISTM, Talence, France

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F. Thiessard

¹Univ. Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France

²Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Service d’Information Médicale, Bordeaux, France

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Section Editors for the IMIA Yearbook Section on Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics

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Abstract

Summary

Objectives: To summarize current research in the field of Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics.

Methods: The complete 2016 literature concerning public health and epidemiology informatics has been searched in PubMed and Web of Science, and the returned references were reviewed by the two section editors to select 14 candidate best papers. These papers were then peer-reviewed by external reviewers to allow the editorial team an enlightened selection of the best papers.

Results: Among the 829 references retrieved from PubMed and Web of Science, three were finally selected as best papers. The first one compares Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia as tools for Influenza surveillance. The second paper presents a Geographic Knowledge-Based Model for mapping suitable areas for Rift Valley fever transmission in Eastern Africa. The last paper evaluates the factors associated with the visit of Facebook pages devoted to Public Health Communication.

Conclusions: Surveillance is still a productive topic in public health informatics but other very important topics in public health are appearing.

Keywords

Public health - epidemiology - medical informatics - International Medical Informatics Association - health information systems

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