title: Global epidemiology and public health in the 21st century. Applications of new technology.
abstract: Epidemiology and public health need to change for the upcoming problems of the 21st century and beyond. We outline a four-point approach to produce this change. The first one is to take a systems approach to disease. The second approach discussed is the use of new techniques to "count" disease using capture-recapture. The third represents the application of telecommunications, especially the Internet, to public health. The fourth and final component represents the application, at the local health department level, of a total quality approach, as espoused by Deming, for the prevention of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. RLAPORTE@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Laporte
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barinas
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Libman
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D017749:Total Quality Management