NSG 522 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
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Focused on protection the
population from health threats.
Public health
Public health includes; health
services, epidemiology, biostats
, Core science of public health.
Studies the nature, extent, and
cause of public health problems.
Studies methods of improving
Epidemiology
health and social conditions.
Essential to all of the health
sciences, regardless of where their
practice occurs.
Modern epidemiology was
developed as a science in the
1800s. The origins of epidemiology
as a science come from the study
History of of epidemics of communicable
Epidemiology diseases. In 1873, the oxford
English dictionary defined
epidemiology as "the branch of
medical science which treats
epidemics"
, * By the second half of the 30th
century, the focus of epidemiology
broadened from infectious
diseases to other diseases.
*In 1970, definition of
epidemiology included "the study
of the distribution and
determinants of disease
frequency." "The study of the
occurrence of illness"
History and
*Definition broadened in the later
trends of
years. Focus changed from control
epidemiology
of communicable disease
epidemics to a focus on all
phenomena related to health
including injury, trauma, and
bioterrorism as well as health
promoting and disease protecting
factors.
*Focus includes all of the above
with a primary emphasis on
prevention.
, *Primary- preventing before it
happens
*Secondary- health
Types of screening/early detection.
prevention Treatment initiation that stops or
slows down.
*Tertiary- limiting disability and
rehabiliation
*Trends in epidemiological focus
changed over time due to
epidemiological transitions
Epidemiological
*Epidemiological transitions are
transition
changes in population dynamics or
characteristics due to changes in
mortality
*The age of pestilence and famine.
Mortality was high, life expectancy
was 20-40 yrs.
3 major periods
*The age of receding pandemics.
of
Mortality declines, life expectancy
epidemiological
was 30-50 yrs.
transition
*The age of degenerative and man
made diseases. Mortality is low, life
expectancy >50 yrs.
BIOSTAT EXAM 1 NSG 522 EXAM 1
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Terms in this set (211)
Focused on protection the
population from health threats.
Public health
Public health includes; health
services, epidemiology, biostats
, Core science of public health.
Studies the nature, extent, and
cause of public health problems.
Studies methods of improving
Epidemiology
health and social conditions.
Essential to all of the health
sciences, regardless of where their
practice occurs.
Modern epidemiology was
developed as a science in the
1800s. The origins of epidemiology
as a science come from the study
History of of epidemics of communicable
Epidemiology diseases. In 1873, the oxford
English dictionary defined
epidemiology as "the branch of
medical science which treats
epidemics"
, * By the second half of the 30th
century, the focus of epidemiology
broadened from infectious
diseases to other diseases.
*In 1970, definition of
epidemiology included "the study
of the distribution and
determinants of disease
frequency." "The study of the
occurrence of illness"
History and
*Definition broadened in the later
trends of
years. Focus changed from control
epidemiology
of communicable disease
epidemics to a focus on all
phenomena related to health
including injury, trauma, and
bioterrorism as well as health
promoting and disease protecting
factors.
*Focus includes all of the above
with a primary emphasis on
prevention.
, *Primary- preventing before it
happens
*Secondary- health
Types of screening/early detection.
prevention Treatment initiation that stops or
slows down.
*Tertiary- limiting disability and
rehabiliation
*Trends in epidemiological focus
changed over time due to
epidemiological transitions
Epidemiological
*Epidemiological transitions are
transition
changes in population dynamics or
characteristics due to changes in
mortality
*The age of pestilence and famine.
Mortality was high, life expectancy
was 20-40 yrs.
3 major periods
*The age of receding pandemics.
of
Mortality declines, life expectancy
epidemiological
was 30-50 yrs.
transition
*The age of degenerative and man
made diseases. Mortality is low, life
expectancy >50 yrs.
