SOFTWARE and ONLINE RESOURCES

ASSOCIATION FOR VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Software

Analyze-It statisticl analysis pacakge for Excel 5, 95, or 97 (Windows only) includes two statistical modules sold separately or together: General statistics module and Clinical Laboratory statistics module.
Epi Info allows rapid setup of new entry forms and data files, easily customized data entry, and many data management and analysis techniques. Epi Info is a series of microcomputer programs for word processing, data management and epidemiologic analysis, designed for public health professionals. Epi Info is easy to use, but also offers programming languages for both data input and analysis so that permanent health information systems can be developed. Includes EpiMap - a program for creating GIS maps and overlaying survey data on to them.

HandiRISK™ is a tool for import risk analysis of biological products from Massey University EpiCente, . It is a 32-bit program that works with Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000, and is the result of several years of research, design, and software development. With HandiRISK™, risk analysts can evaluate the risk of a wide variety of importation scenarios. A range of reports is produced which show the outcome of each analysis in text and graphical form, and documents in detail the analytical steps which the analyst has chosen.
A comprehensive selection of links to public domain software useful for epidemiological analyses.

Online Educational Resources and Epidemiologic Tools

Developed by a taskforce from the ACVPM. Several ATVPHPM members were involved in the various working groups that resulted in this document.
The purpose of this site is to educate any person interested in epidemics. Epidemics are diseases that affect many people at once. On this site are details about some of the worst epidemics throughout history as well as general information on diseases.

Click on the camera to see all the images for that disease. Also, you can click on the disease name ---- this will bring up the fact sheet text, with the photo numbers inserted in the text. Clicking on the number will bring up the associated photo.

The Animals in Disasters Independent Study Course is now available through the Independent Study Program of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI), the educational wing of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These are the only official training materials specifically on the care of animals and their owners in disasters. The course can be used to obtain continuing educational credits.
The course is in two modules:
This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.
A collection of teaching materials which can be used in a wide variety of classroom situations to impart to students an understanding of the principles of the science of epidemiology.
Epidemiology is an interdisciplinary science that facilitates the discovery of scientific inquiry as related to real world problems of disease and health. The seven sections of this web site are built around a case study format based on an actual outbreak; this case study method facilitates discovery of the principles of the scientific method as used by public health professionals of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
These materials contain definitions of epidemiology, suggestions for interdisciplinary approach to teaching, and profiles of Disease Detectives suitable for motivating students toward careers in public health. The materials can be used for didactic presentations only or in conjunctionwith interactive case-study activities. The material is appropriate for use in curricula in science, math, social studies, and other fields.
CONSULTANT is a diagnostic support system used to suggest possible causes for clinical signs and symptoms and to provide a brief synopsis of the cause including: 1) a general description, 2) species affected, 3) the signs/symptoms associated with it, and 4) a list of recent literature references.

CyberStats is an electronic textbook. Unlike print, it causes learning through interaction, on the Web. The student internalizes the behavior of statistical concepts by interacting with hundreds of simulations, calculations and immediate-feedback practice items. CyberStats provides a learning opportunity that cannot be delivered in print and is equally effective for both on-campus and distance learning courses. It features:

This meeting was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Office international des épizooties and the WHO/FAO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Veterinary Epidemiology and Management.
A new definition for VPH emerged: "The contribution to the complete physical mental, and social well.being of humans through an understanding and application of veterinary medical science". A more detailed summary of the meeting can be found in The Weekly Epidemiological Record, Vol. 74, No. 19, 1999, pp. 154-156. The full report of the study will be available in October 1999. For further information, please contact: APH@who.int
IEA Guidelines for proper conduct in epidemiologic research

HealthMAP <http://www.healthmap.org/>

Global Disease Alert Map. HealthMAP brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. This freely available Web site integrates outbreak data of varying reliability, ranging from news sources (such as Google News) to curated personal accounts (such as ProMED) to validated official alerts (such as World Health Organization). Through an automated text processing system, the data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location for user-friendly access to the original alert. HealthMAP provides a jumping-off point for real-time information on emerging infectious diseases and has particular interest for public health officials and international travelers.

The International Portal on Food Safety, Animal & Plant Health facilitates trade in food and agriculture products and supports the implementation of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement by providing a single access point for authorized official international and national information across the sectors of food safety, animal and plant health.

NetEpi , which is short for " Net work-enabled Epi demiology", is a collaborative project to create a suite of free, open source software tools for epidemiology and public health practice. Anyone with an interest in population health epidemiology or public health informatics is encouraged to examine the prototype tools and to consider contributing to their further development. Contributions which involve formal and/or informal testing of the tools in a wide range of circumstances and environments are particularly welcome, as is assistance with design, programming and documentation tasks.

ProMED Mail HealthMap <http://healthmap.org/promed>

Interactive Map of ProMED Reports. A mapping system for visualizing ProMED-mail reports is available at <http://healthmap.org/promed>. It can also be accessed via the "Maps of Outbreaks" link on the left hand side of the ProMED-mail website.

This system, developed by HealthMap in collaboration with ProMED-mail, automatically places links to ProMED-mail reports on a world map. Clicking on a map marker will access a list of reports corresponding to the selected location. These in turn can be clicked to link back to the original ProMED-mail report. The map can be zoomed and panned, and specific diseases and date ranges selected. In some countries, reports are mapped to the state or province level (with increased global geographic resolution in progress). The map currently incorporates English-language ProMED-mail reports as well as ProMED-ESP and can be viewed in English or Spanish.

This mapping system is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProMED-mail and HealthMap, which is based at Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. A link to other HealthMap data sources is provided under "Feeds."

PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

If you're looking for a clear, basic stats how-to, drop by this site created by David Lane, a psychologist and statistics expert at Rice University in Houston. Lane's starter kit includes his own online statistics textbook ("HyperStat"), on-site tools for crunching your own data, and plenty of links to more stats software. It's intended not just for novices who don't know a t-test from a P value, but for anyone who wants a quick refresher.

This course is designed to provide an overview on epidemiology and the Internet for medical and health related students around the world.
This tutorial has been developed as an educational resource on zoonotic diseases for veterinary, medical and nursing students and practitioners, and anyone interested in these infectious diseases.For each disease, you will find text and, in most cases, associated images providing:

Developed by Dr. Christopher W. Olsen <olsenc@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu>, Assistant Professor of Public Health, and Fellow, University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy; School of Veterinary Medicine; University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2015 Linden Drive West, Madison, WI 53706.

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