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Vision of a rapid, flexible, cost effective, survey-based public health surveillance system
  1. BERNARD C K CHOI
  1. Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, AL no 1918C3, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
  2. Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada
  1. Dr Choi (Bernard_Choi{at}hc-sc.gc.ca)
  1. D MOWAT
  1. Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, AL no 1918C3, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
  2. Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada
  1. Dr Choi (Bernard_Choi{at}hc-sc.gc.ca)

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.55.9.612

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    In 1999 a pilot project was conducted in the Durham health region (population of 500 000) in Canada, to test the concept and a prototype of a rapid risk factor surveillance system. This project was initiated because some health regions (there are 136 health regions across Canada) felt the need to have a rapid and flexible information system to supplement the data from national health surveys. National health surveys cannot always be directed towards local needs, usually have a limited number of …

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