Primary Investigator: Robert Esterhay, M.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Health Management and Systems Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences
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Product Description: Near-real-time statewide school-based syndromic surveillance system for detecting pandemic flu and other communicable diseases.

Target: Kentucky and U.S. School Systems

Initial Award Period: (March 9, 2009 – September 8, 2010)
Activities included three feasibility studies and a pilot project:
Study 1: Inventory of methods, technology options and preliminary design;
Study 2: Focus group results, legal/regulatory assessment, modified system design;
Study 3: Final technology assessment, collaboration plan and pilot site selection; and Pilot Project.

Final Award Period: (September 9, 2010 – March 9, 2011)
Activities will be centered on using a collaborative strategy to identify, engage and seek support for the HARP from key leaders at national, state and local levels. This strategy will be supported by a HARP website and management intranet. An updated Strategic Development Plan will also be developed reflecting input from advisory board participants.

For more information on this project, visit http://www.HARP-US.org.