Thursday, December 12, 2013; 10:10 – 10:30am
Location
Grand Ballroom E
Presenter
Pascal Vilain, Regional office of French Institute for Public Health Surveillance in Indian Ocean
Abstract Summary
In Reunion Island, alcohol is a major public health problem. Syndromic surveillance system based on ED data was used for describe alcohol intoxication visits between 2010-2012 and factors associated with their variations. During the study period, alcohol intoxication was the second leading cause of all visits in ED. Time-series models showed a robust association between ED visits and days of minimum social benefits payment, weekends, public holidays. These results will be transmitted to health authorities in order to orient the public health policies.
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Abstract Citation
Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 2014; 6(1).
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