Canadian Forces Evaluation of the EPINATO Health Surveillance System in Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Published in: Military medicine Vol. 171; no. 10; pp. 955 - 961
• Main Authors: Wilson, Jean L., Carew, Maureen T., Strauss, Barbara A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.10.2006
• Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Canada - epidemiology; Codes; Confidence intervals; Disease - classification; Disease prevention; Epidemiologic Methods; Forms and Records Control - standards; Health services; Health surveillance; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Medical Audit; Military deployment; Military Medicine - standards; Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data; Population Surveillance - methods; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Quality standards; Surveys and Questionnaires; Task forces; Theater; Validity; Warfare; Canada; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bosnia-Hercegovina

The Canadian Forces (CF) adopted the EPINATO surveillance system in 1996 to monitor disease and injury morbidity in deployed settings. The Directorate of Force Health Protection, CF Health Services Group initiated an evaluation of EPINATO in Task Force Bosnia-Herzegovina in August 2003. Two methods...