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Harold H. CollinsInformation Technology Specialist
Epi Info™ BackgroundKorean Public Health Surveillance Conference
30 March 2011
Epi Info™ Background and History
Public Health Software for MicrosoftWindows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office
Epi Info™ Background and History
Purpose of presentation What is Epi Info™? History and timeline Epi Info today Epi Info™ Team and Resources Epi Info™ 7 release Questions
Purpose Provide an introduction to Epi Info™ and
present a brief history of its development and its application to public health issues around the world.
Explain the distinctiveness of the Epi Info™ suit of tools, how they are used, and who uses them.
Acquaint you with the Epi Info™ team and resources available to Epi Info™ users.
Present information on the Epi Info™ 7 release.
Provide an opportunity for questions about Epi Info™.
What is Epi Info™?
A suite of tools
A standards-based approach
Freely distributable
Epi Info™ History Timeline
Worldwide Use of Epi Info™ Epi Info™ is used around the globe for the rapid
assessment of disease outbreaks, the development of surveillance information systems to support continuous surveillance, and many community health initiatives.
In Africa Epi Info™ is used as the core of surveillance systems for collection and analysis of vaccine preventable diseases.
In India Epi Info™ is used for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (Polio) surveillance.
Since 1998, there have been approximately two million successful Epi Info™ downloads from the CDC website in 180 countries.
Epi Info™ has been translated in multiple languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Use PercentPublic Health Research 34.3%Public Health Education 28.9%Clinical Research 24.8%Public Health Practice 22.5%National 20.1%International 16.4%Clinical Practice 15.3%Community 13.7%State 9.8%
Who Uses Epi Info™
*There were 18,703 new registered users since 1 January 2011
Epi Info™ Use Is Increasing
Over 200 new Epi Info™ user registrations each day
10% of new registrations are for 10 or more users
Growing User Community (phConnect) Free Software Free Technical Support Continuing development of Regional
Surveillance Systems as well as Emergency Response application
Epi Info™ Today
Compatibility File formats Epi Info™ Version 3.5.3 suite of tools Innovative set of epidemiology tools for use
today Epi Info™ Team and Resource Information Epi Info 7 scheduled for release September 2011
Epi Info™ Compatibility
Windows and Internet standards Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT,
2000, 98
MS Access file format (97-2003)
Uses Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 8 and 7
Uses ESRI ArcView compatible map files
Epi Info™ Readable File Formats
Access 97, 2000 dBASE 5.0 dBASE III dBASE IV Epi 2000 Epi 6 Rec MS Excel 3 (95) MS Excel 4 (98) MS Excel 5
(2000) MS Excel 8
(2003) FoxPro 2
FoxPro 2.5 FoxPro 3.0 HTML ODBC Paradox 3.x Paradox 4.x Paradox 5.x Text Text
(Delimited) Text (Fixed)
Importing MS Excel Files
Suite of Tools
MakeView Enter
Analysis
Epi Map
Epi Report
Translation
NutStatEpi Info™ MenuStatCalcData CompareEpi LockCompact
Table-to-View
CDC Epi Info™ Team José Aponte Training Coordinator David Brown Epi Info™ 7 Developer Harold Collins Community Liaison James Haines Epi Info™ 7 Developer Asad Islam Epi Info™ Team Lead Erik Knudsen Epi Info™ Help Desk Roger Mir Custom Applications David Nitschke Epi Info™ Technical Lead
Epi Info™ Help Desk ([email protected])
Resources and Technical Support Download and install the latest Epi Info™
program from the website at: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo
Helpline: [email protected] or call 404.498.6190
Additional training resources are available online at: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiInfo/html/tutorials.htm
Epi Info™ Community of Users in phConnect: http://www.phconnect.org/group/epiinfo
Send your comments and suggestions to: [email protected] or [email protected]
Epi Info™ 7 Release
Windows and Internet standards Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 98
Agile and portable SQL Server and Access data
formats Statistical Quick-look
Dashboard in the Enter Data module Frequency 2X2 Table Epi Curve graphing
Hand-held device development Social Network Analysis
diagram to aid in contact tracing
For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333Telephone, 1-800-CDC-Info™ (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cdc.gov
Questions?
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
