Weekly Evidence Surveillance
Evidence Surveillance
Public health evidence surveillance underpins public health practice. The design and implementation of RGDU evidence surveillance activities aim to support early detection of public health threats, and guide the planning and implementation of interventions.
RGDU evidence surveillance activities involve the collection and analysis of public health related information conducted to generate knowledge that is relevant to populations and settings within the Irish context or contributes to new knowledge about specific health conditions. As part of these surveillance activities, RGDU team members conduct weekly evidence surveillance of identified national and international websites and databases:
- to ensure a prompt response to new and emerging evidence, and
- to identify if relevant research and/or guidelines may directly impact Irish health protection guidance.
Figure 2. Living Evidence Approach adapted from the strokefoundation.org.au.
Every Friday a member of the RGDU team carries out evidence surveillance across the following sources, a weekly digest will be published here:
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- UK Health Security Agency* (UKHSA)
- The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Public Health Agency Northern Ireland (PHA)
- The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
- Public Health Ontario
- Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
- Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
- Public Health Scotland (PHS)
- Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- EvidenceAlerts (McMaster Health Information Unit)
- European Environmental Agency (EEA)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Public Health Agency of Canada (Canada)
- World Organisation of Animal Health (WOAH)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
For further information please contact the Research and Guideline Development Unit at: rgdu@hpsc.ie
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