At a glance
This course provides an overview of public health surveillance, including types and uses of surveillance systems, sources for data collection, and how data are used to improve public health sciences, programs, and policies.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- define public health surveillance.
- describe the goal of public health surveillance.
- describe the uses of a public health surveillance system.
- recognize the legal basis for public health surveillance in the United States.
- compare active and passive public health surveillance.
- identify sources of data commonly used for public health surveillance.
- describe the public health surveillance process.
Available Learning Formats
E-learning Course
Recorded Webinar
Slide Presentation
These slide sets are in the public domain and may be downloaded and customized as needed by the user for informational or educational purposes. Permission from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not required, but citation of the source is appreciated.
Suggested Citation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Introduction to Public Health. In: Public Health 101 Series. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2014. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/training/publichealth101/surveillance.html.