Question

Data on diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting are collected in the emergency room, and data on purchases of over-the-counter medications to treat diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting are monitored through pharmacy sales. Which of the following types of data best describes this statement?

Answer 1

Answer:

Syndromic surveillance

Explanation:

Survelliance is the ongoing systematic collection analysis and interpretation of health data essential to planning , implementation and evaluation of public health practice , closely integrated timely dissemination of this data to those who need to know.

It has three purposes :

1) Surveillance may identify public health problems.

2) Surveillance may stimulate public health interventions.

3) Surveillance may suggest hypothesis for epidemiological research.

As in the above scenario ,  data on diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting are collected in the emergency room, and data on purchases of over-the-counter medications to treat diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting are monitored through pharmacy sales , syndromic surveillance best describes this statement.