Surveillance & Assessment
As one of the primary functions of a local health department, Reportable Disease Surveillance serves as the early alert system for all communicable diseases. Three Rivers District Health Department is notified of all lab-confirmed communicable diseases and conducts public health investigations through utilization of the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS). Our partnership with local hospitals, health care providers, nursing homes, and schools to receive prompt notification of reportable diseases enables us to begin the disease investigation process in a timely manner as well as to disseminate helpful information to prevent their further spread. Syndromic surveillance is a way for Three Rivers to collect real time information on symptoms that may indicate local disease outbreaks. Syndromic surveillance is conducted in Dodge, Saunders, and Washington Counties as follows:
* 55 schools report absences every week throughout the school year
* 21 nursing homes report influenza-like-illnesses every week throughout the influenza season
* 3 hospitals report influenza-like-illnesses every week throughout the influenza season
* A local physician serves as one of 17 statewide sentinel physicians and reports influenza-like-illnesses seen in his office every week throughout the influenza season
Three Rivers uses Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that help to reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts. GIS helps us answer questions and solve problems by allowing us to look at our data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared.
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* 55 schools report absences every week throughout the school year
* 21 nursing homes report influenza-like-illnesses every week throughout the influenza season
* 3 hospitals report influenza-like-illnesses every week throughout the influenza season
* A local physician serves as one of 17 statewide sentinel physicians and reports influenza-like-illnesses seen in his office every week throughout the influenza season
Three Rivers uses Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that help to reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts. GIS helps us answer questions and solve problems by allowing us to look at our data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared.
Demographics
Disease Surveillance
Chronic Diseases & Risk Factors
- Overall Wellness of Three Rivers District
- Cancer in Three Rivers District
- Diabetes in Three Rivers District
- Heart Disease in Three Rivers District
Unintentional Injury
- Motor Vehicle Safety
- Unintentional Injury
- Three Rivers Injury Report
- Injury Report for the Local/District Health Departments
- Three Rivers Public Health Department Risk and Protective Factor Student Survey Results for 2007
Maternal & Child Health
Oral Health
Violent & Abusive Behaviors
Access to Care
- Medicaid
- Access to Quality Healthcare Services
- The State of Your Health: Nebraska
- State of Nebraska Shortage Area Guidelines
- Shortchanging America's Health 2008 - A State By State Look At How Federal Public Health Dollars Are Spent