A review on the advancement of internet-based public health surveillance program

VernacularTitle:基于互联网信息的公共卫生监测进展
Author: Yongqian ZHAO ¹ ; Wenjun MA
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1. 暨南大学医学院
Keywords: Public health surveillance; Internet
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2017;38(2):272-276
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Internet data is introduced into public health arena under the features of fast updating and tremendous volume.Mining and analyzing internet data,researchers can model the internet-based surveillance system to assess the distribution of health-related events.There are two main types of internet-based surveillance systems,i.e.active and passive,which are distinguished by the sources of information.Through passive surveillance system,information is collected from search engine and social media while the active system gathers information through provision of the volunteers.Except for serving as a real-time and convenient complementary approach to traditional disease,food safety and adverse drug reaction surveillance program,Internet-based surveillance system can also play a role in health-related behavior surveillance and policy evaluation.Although several techniques have been applied to filter information,the accuracy of internet-based surveillance system is still bothered by the false positive information.In this article,we have summarized the development and application of internet-based surveillance system in public health to provide reference for a better surveillance program in China.