Chiolero Arnaud, Paccaud Fred, Fornerod Luc
Sante Publique. 2014 Jan-Feb;26(1):75-84.
To describe the goals and methods of contemporary public health surveillance and to present the activities of the Observatoire Valaisan de la Santé (OVS), a tool unique in Switzerland to conduct health surveillance for the population of a canton.
Narrative review and presentation of the OVS.
Public health surveillance consists of systematic and continuous collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of health data necessary for public health planning. Surveillance is organized according to contemporary public health issues. Switzerland is currently in an era dominated by chronic diseases due to ageing of the population. This "new public health" era is also characterized by the growing importance of health technology, rational risk management, preventive medicine and health promotion, and the central role of the citizen/patient. Information technologies provide access to new health data, but public health surveillance methods need to be adapted. In Switzerland, health surveillance activities are conducted by several public and private bodies, at federal and cantonal levels. The Valais canton has set up the OVS, an integrative, regional, and reactive system to conduct surveillance.
Public health surveillance provides information useful for public health decisions and actions. It constitutes a key element for public health planning.
描述当代公共卫生监测的目标和方法，并介绍瑞士瓦莱州健康观察站（OVS）的活动，该观察站是瑞士为一个州的居民进行健康监测的独特工具。
对OVS进行叙述性综述和介绍。
公共卫生监测包括系统且持续地收集、分析、解读和传播公共卫生规划所需的健康数据。监测是根据当代公共卫生问题来组织的。由于人口老龄化，瑞士目前处于慢性病主导的时代。这个“新公共卫生”时代的特点还包括健康技术的重要性日益增加、合理的风险管理、预防医学和健康促进，以及公民/患者的核心作用。信息技术提供了获取新健康数据的途径，但公共卫生监测方法需要进行调整。在瑞士，健康监测活动由联邦和州层面的多个公共和私人机构开展。瓦莱州设立了OVS，这是一个用于进行监测的综合性、区域性和反应性系统。
公共卫生监测为公共卫生决策和行动提供有用信息。它是公共卫生规划的关键要素。
