Thacker Stephen B, Qualters Judith R, Lee Lisa M
USPHS, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, CDC, 2400 Century Center, MS E-94, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA.
MMWR Suppl. 2012 Jul 27;61(3):3-9.
In its landmark 1988 report, a committee of the Institute of Medicine highlighted assessment as one of the three core functions of public health along with policy development and assurance. The committee recommended that every public health agency regularly and systematically collect, assemble, analyze, and make available information on the health of the community, including statistics on health status, community health needs, and epidemiologic and other studies of health problems. Public health surveillance, often called the cornerstone of public health practice, is an essential element of the assessment function.
在其具有里程碑意义的1988年报告中，医学研究所的一个委员会强调评估是公共卫生的三项核心职能之一，另外两项是政策制定和保障。该委员会建议每个公共卫生机构定期且系统地收集、汇总、分析并提供有关社区健康的信息，包括健康状况统计数据、社区健康需求以及关于健康问题的流行病学和其他研究。公共卫生监测通常被称为公共卫生实践的基石，是评估职能的一个基本要素。
