Sentinel areas: a monitoring strategy in public health Áreas sentinelas: uma estratégia de monitoramento em saúde pública

• Main Authors: Maria da Glória Teixeira (Author), Maurício L. Barreto (Author), Maria da Conceição Nascimento Costa (Author), Agostino Strina (Author), David Martins Jr (Author), Matildes Prado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2002-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...