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Beyond COVID-19: Designing Inclusive Public Health Surveillance by Including Wastewater Monitoring
Faculty Scholarship
  • Rochelle H. Holm, University of Louisville
  • Na'Taki Osborne Jelks
  • Rebecca Schneider
  • Ted Smith
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2023
Department
Medicine
Abstract

Wastewater-based epidemiology is a promising and expanding public health surveillance method. The current wastewater testing trajectory to monitor primarily at community wastewater treatment plants was necessitated by immediate needs of the pandemic. Going forward, specific consideration should be given to monitoring vulnerable and underserved communities to ensure inclusion and rapid response to public health threats. This is particularly important when clinical testing data are insufficient to characterize community virus levels and spread in specific locations. Now is a timely call to action for equitably protecting health in the United States, which can be guided with intentional and inclusive wastewater monitoring.

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© Rochelle H. Holm et al., 2023; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC-BY] ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

DOI
10.1089/heq.2022.0055
ORCID
0000-0001-8849-1390
Citation Information

Rochelle H. Holm, Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, Rebecca Schneider, and Ted Smith. Beyond COVID-19: Designing Inclusive Public Health Surveillance by Including Wastewater Monitoring. Health Equity. Oct 2023.377-379.http://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2022.0055