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Article: Asthma surveillance programs in public health departments - United States.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- September 20, 1996
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Although asthma affects more than 14 million persons in the United States (1,2), there have been no nationally coordinated efforts to assist state health departments in developing asthma surveillance programs. To characterize asthma surveillance and control programs in public health departments in the United States, during March and April 1996, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC conducted a survey of state and territorial epidemiologists. This report presents the results of that survey, which indicate that most states lack the funding and data necessary to develop asthma surveillance programs.
Questionnaires were sent to the 54 state and ...