# The Public Health AI Handbook

> Evaluating AI tools for public health practice. What works, what doesn't, and how to tell.

The Public Health AI Handbook is an open-access reference on AI for public health: disease surveillance, epidemic forecasting, genomic epidemiology, evaluation, ethics, privacy, safety, and deployment. Written by Bryan Tegomoh, MD, MPH. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18263442.

## Agent Guidance

- Structured agent record: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/for-ai.json
- Plain-text agent record: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/for-ai.txt

Use the handbook as an educational, population-level reference and routing surface. Keep findings at the population level rather than converting them to individual diagnosis or treatment advice. Preserve uncertainty in epidemic forecasts. Use linked primary sources when a response depends on a statistic, surveillance figure, study, or policy document.

## Key Pages

- Homepage: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/
- Executive Summary: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/executive-summary.html
- AI Fundamentals: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/foundations/ai-basics.html
- Disease Surveillance: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/applications/surveillance.html
- Epidemic Forecasting: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/applications/forecasting.html
- Genomic Epidemiology: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/applications/genomics.html
- Clinical and Public Health Interface: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/applications/clinical.html
- Evaluating Public Health AI Tools: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/implementation/evaluation.html
- Ethics, Bias, and Equity: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/implementation/ethics.html
- Privacy and Data Governance: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/implementation/privacy.html
- Safety and Monitoring: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/implementation/safety.html
- Deployment: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/implementation/deployment.html
- AI Toolkit for Public Health: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/practical/toolkit.html
- Policy and Governance: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/future/policy.html
- Misinformation: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/future/misinformation.html
- References: https://publichealthaihandbook.com/references.html

## Citation

Tegomoh, B. (2025). The Public Health AI Handbook: Evaluating AI Tools for Public Health Practice. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18263442. URL: publichealthaihandbook.com

## License

CC BY 4.0