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Public Health: Epidemiology Latest update 2024
Epidemiology - Answer--the systematic study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations and the application of this study to control health problems (study as aggregate subject)
determinants - Answer--The range of b...
Epidemiology - Answer--the systematic study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency
in human populations and the application of this study to control health problems (study as aggregate
subject)
determinants - Answer--The range of behavioural, biological, socio-economic and environmental factors
that influence the health status of individuals or populations
Passive surveillance - Answer--the regularized collection of data that is typically funneled from local to
the CDC -- notifiable diseases, vital statistics, health exams, but also census and other population
surveys
Active surveillance - Answer--typically after an outbreak, when various agencies begin collecting data
that wasn't being collected in that way to understand the outbreak
Types of outbreak investigations - Answer--1. Medical detectives: from CDC or local health departments
2. High profile: legionnaires, for example
3. mundane: lymes, food poisoning, mostly local health depts
Case fatality rate - Answer--deaths per cases
difficulties of chronic disease studying - Answer--rarely about single cases, multiple causes and risk
factors, older people, diseases of "lifestyle"
, big focus in US PH
top 5 causes of death in US - Answer--1. heart disease
2. cancer
3. chronic lower respiratory disease
activated at upper level (CDC or state) and data is centralized
Pathway from doctors to CDC - Answer--doctors --> local health departments --> state health
department --> CDC
state health dept gives monthly reports to local departments, and CDC gives weekly reports
How are diseases made reportable? - Answer--1. advocacy/lobbying
2. could become epidemic
3. highly infectious
4. stroke
5. unintentional risk ?
notifiable diseases - Answer--must be reported by doctor to higher level as soon as diagnosed, ~60
often for infectious diseases, cancer, birth defects-- not chronic diseases, nor is there a systematic
reporting network to locate non-notifiable disease worries
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