Applications-Research

Question 1

.What is the definition of epidemiology ? What three things are not randomly distributed in the human population ? What two things does this information do ? What are the two factors that control epidemiology ?

Answer 1

Epidemiology

•Study of how disease is distributed in populations and the factors that influence or determine this distribution.

• Diseases, illness, and ill health are not randomly distributed in human populations.
• Characteristics that predispose- who is a risk,
• Characteristics that protect- so they can try to protect them

•Interaction of genetic and environmental factors

Question 2

What does epidemiology is the study of ?

Answer 2

Study of distribution of health, in order to control health.

Question 3

.In epidemiology, what is etiology, and what is the goal ? What purpose of Epidemiology in a community.

Answer 3

Objectives-Epidemiology

•Etiology/cause

• factors that increase a person’s risk for a disease
• prevention programs
• Determine the extent of disease found in the community.
• Critical for planning health services and facilities, and training of health care providers

Question 4

What change in the leading cause of death from 1900 to 2009.

Cause ?

examples for each group ?

Answer 4

Question 5

Why do we study the natural history and prognosis of disease ?

What are two ways to evaluate both existing and newly developed preventive and therapeutic measures, so in sure they are working.

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Answer 5

Question 6

What are three public policy that Epidiomolgy build ?

What does all these hope to do ?

Answer 6

Objectives-Epidemiology

• To provide the foundation for developing public policy relating to environmental problems, genetic issues and health promotion.
• Types of regulations
• Occupations associated with increased risk of disease

Question 7

How to identify subgroups in a population that may be high risk for disease ?

What does modifiable mean ?

What are or not modifiable factors , and what is the goal ?

Answer 7

Prevention

• To identify subgroups in the population who are at high risk for disease.
• Screening programs for early disease detection

Can be manuplulated, can be changed

• If we to identify such groups, we can modify those factors
• Not modifiable factors: age, sex, ethnic group
• Modifiable factors: obesity, diet, alcohol, etc.
• Prevention programs