Sentinel areas: a monitoring strategy in public health

Available techniques for monitoring the health situation have proven insufficient, thus leading to a discussion of the need for their improvement based on new data collection strategies allowing for data use by local health systems. This article presents the methodological basis for a strategy to mo...

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Main Authors: Maria da Glória Teixeira, Maurício L. Barreto, Maria da Conceição Nascimento Costa, Agostino Strina, David Martins Jr., Matildes Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2002000500011&lng=en&tlng=en