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HSC PDHPE core 1 critical Questions And AnswersRole of epidemiology - ANSWER -Study of causes and distribution of health
and illness in populations.
-Collects data from various sources.
-Measures health.
-Methods to control and prevent disease.
What can epidemiology tell us? - ANSWER -Identifies health needs
-Evaluates health behaviour
-Promotes behaviours
- Describes and compares health status
Who uses epidemiological data? - ANSWER -Government employees
-Medical practitioners
-Social workers
Limitations of epidemiology? - ANSWER -Does not tell quality of someones life
-Does not accurately describe sociocultural, socioeconomic and environmental
determinants
Measures of epidemiology - ANSWER -Mortality
-Morbidity
-Life expectancy
-Infant mortality
, Infant mortality - ANSWER Number of deaths in the first year of life
Life expectancy - ANSWER Number of years a person can expect to live
Mortality - ANSWER The number of deaths for a given cause in a population
Morbidity - ANSWER Rates, distribution and trends of illness, disease and
injury
Prevalence - ANSWER The number of current cases of illness, disease and
injury
Incidence - ANSWER The number of new cases of illness, disease and injury
Health status - ANSWER -Ageing population
-Prevalence of poor behaviours (smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, low
levels of physical activity)
-Health status is improving
Identifying priority health issues - ANSWER -Social justice principles (SJP)
-Priority population groups (PPG)
-Prevalence of condition (PC)
-Potential for prevention and early intervention (PPEI)
-Costs to individual and community (direct and indirect) (CIC)
SJP - ANSWER -Eliminating inequity in health
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