Association between Influenza-like Illnesses and Social Determinants of Health by Census Tract in Houston/Harris County

Authors

  • Biru Yang Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Houston, TX, United States
  • Nathan Wang Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Houston, TX, United States
  • Wesley McNeely Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Houston, TX, United States
  • Salma Khuwaja Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Houston, TX, United States
  • Raouf Arafat Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Houston, TX, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5046

Abstract

The Houston Department of Health Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) monitors emergency departments (ED) chief complaints across the Houston metropolitan area, Harris County, and the surrounding jurisdictions by Real-time Outbreak Disease Surveillance (RODS). The influenza-like illnesses (ILI) data is collected by sentinel surveillance provider network of 12 physicians and RODS, an electronic syndromic surveillance database consisting of about 30 EDs in metropolitan Houston. Previous research indicates that there is a relationship between new HIV diagnoses and neighborhood poverty. However, there is limited research on health disparity to investigate the association between influenza-like illnesses (ILI) and social determinants of health (SDH), such as poverty. This cross-sectional study investigates the relationship between ILI and SDH.

Author Biography

Biru Yang, Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Houston, TX, United States

With a Ph.D. in epidemiology and MPH in biostatistics, Biru Yang has over seven years of experience in disease surveillance and prevention. She leads and participates in numerous surveillance projects, and serves as the Prioritization Committee Co-Chair in the HIV Prevention Planning Group since 2010. In 2009, she received the Outstanding New Researcher Award at the National HIV Prevention Conference. Her current position as an epidemiologist supervisor oversees the syndromic surveillance program in Houston.

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

Yang, B., Wang, N., McNeely, W., Khuwaja, S., & Arafat, R. (2014). Association between Influenza-like Illnesses and Social Determinants of Health by Census Tract in Houston/Harris County. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5046

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Poster Presentations