Epidemiology Exam 1 Lewis
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1. Epi: upon
2. Demo: people
3. Logy: study of
4. Epidemiolgy: The study of that which falls upon the people
5. Epidemiology definition: the study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human
populations and the application of this study to control health controls
6. descriptive epidemiology: person, place, time
7. frequency and pattern of health events in a population: - # of events in a population
- rate or risk of disease in a population
8. Burden: how many individuals are impacted
9. what is a rate?: # of events divided by size of the population
10. Morbidity Rate: number of people afflicted with a certain disease
- Incidence
- Prevalence
11. Mortality Rate: number of deaths from a disease in relation to the population in a given time
12. why is disease distribution necessary?: because it allows valid comparisons across different
populations
13. Disease Determinants: - Search for causes and other factors that influence the occurrence of health-re-
lated events
- Factors that either cause a healthy person to become sick or cause a sick person to recover
- Can include the person's genetic makeup, gender, age, etc.
14. Analytical epidemiology: agent, host, environment
15. Disease frequency: quantifying how often a disease occurs in a population
- develop definition of disease
- method to count cases
- determining size of population
16. Population: A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area, or same gender,
or same medical condition
- concerned with disease occurrence in groups
17. Disease Control: - done to prevent the spread of a disease and/or decrease the incidence
- Accomplished through epidemiological research and surveillance
, Epidemiology Exam 1 Lewis
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18. Epidemiologist: public health scientist who is responsible for carrying out all useful and effective activities
needed for successful epidemiology practice
- uses inductive and deductive reasoning
19. What is Public Health: multidisciplinary field whose goal is to promote the health of the population
through organized community efforts
- Epidemiology
- Environmental Health
- Maternal and child health
- Biostatistics
- Health education
- Health promotion
20. Medicine vs. Public Health: hard to tease out accomplishments of public health from medicine
21. Epidemiology and Prevention: - identify subgroups in the population who are at high risk for disease
- why is it important?
- Direct preventive efforts - like screenings (early disease detection)
- May be able to identify specific factors or characterisitcs
22. Prevention types: primary, secondary, tertiary
23. primary prevention: action to PREVENT the development of a disease in a person who is well and does
NOT have disease
- EX: quit smoking
24. Secondary Prevention: people who have already developed the disease
early stage in the disease's natural history
through screening and early intervention
- Ex: exams and screenings
25. Tertiary Prevention: - Goal is to slow or block the progression of a disease, thereby reducing impairments
and disabilities
- After a clinical diagnosis
- Ex: chemo/radiation
26. Hippocrates: - Father of medicine
- first epidemiologist
- made observations about the cause and spread of disease in populations
- Made suggestions to other physicians
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1. Epi: upon
2. Demo: people
3. Logy: study of
4. Epidemiolgy: The study of that which falls upon the people
5. Epidemiology definition: the study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human
populations and the application of this study to control health controls
6. descriptive epidemiology: person, place, time
7. frequency and pattern of health events in a population: - # of events in a population
- rate or risk of disease in a population
8. Burden: how many individuals are impacted
9. what is a rate?: # of events divided by size of the population
10. Morbidity Rate: number of people afflicted with a certain disease
- Incidence
- Prevalence
11. Mortality Rate: number of deaths from a disease in relation to the population in a given time
12. why is disease distribution necessary?: because it allows valid comparisons across different
populations
13. Disease Determinants: - Search for causes and other factors that influence the occurrence of health-re-
lated events
- Factors that either cause a healthy person to become sick or cause a sick person to recover
- Can include the person's genetic makeup, gender, age, etc.
14. Analytical epidemiology: agent, host, environment
15. Disease frequency: quantifying how often a disease occurs in a population
- develop definition of disease
- method to count cases
- determining size of population
16. Population: A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area, or same gender,
or same medical condition
- concerned with disease occurrence in groups
17. Disease Control: - done to prevent the spread of a disease and/or decrease the incidence
- Accomplished through epidemiological research and surveillance
, Epidemiology Exam 1 Lewis
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hpgkcx
18. Epidemiologist: public health scientist who is responsible for carrying out all useful and effective activities
needed for successful epidemiology practice
- uses inductive and deductive reasoning
19. What is Public Health: multidisciplinary field whose goal is to promote the health of the population
through organized community efforts
- Epidemiology
- Environmental Health
- Maternal and child health
- Biostatistics
- Health education
- Health promotion
20. Medicine vs. Public Health: hard to tease out accomplishments of public health from medicine
21. Epidemiology and Prevention: - identify subgroups in the population who are at high risk for disease
- why is it important?
- Direct preventive efforts - like screenings (early disease detection)
- May be able to identify specific factors or characterisitcs
22. Prevention types: primary, secondary, tertiary
23. primary prevention: action to PREVENT the development of a disease in a person who is well and does
NOT have disease
- EX: quit smoking
24. Secondary Prevention: people who have already developed the disease
early stage in the disease's natural history
through screening and early intervention
- Ex: exams and screenings
25. Tertiary Prevention: - Goal is to slow or block the progression of a disease, thereby reducing impairments
and disabilities
- After a clinical diagnosis
- Ex: chemo/radiation
26. Hippocrates: - Father of medicine
- first epidemiologist
- made observations about the cause and spread of disease in populations
- Made suggestions to other physicians
