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Bio 220
Epi
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/06/2017

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Term
Epidemiology
Definition
Multiple sick people within a populations
Term

 Public health

 


Definition
organized effort
Term
Epi =
Definition

methodological

the back bone of public health

Term

W.H.O.

 

World Health Organization as well

Definition
A complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being
Term
•Definition of public health
Definition

 –organized effort –Intended to reduce of morbidity & mortality and improve health

•Core disciplines public health (CEPH / ASPH)

 –Epidemiology–Biostatistics

 –Health administration

 –Behavioral sciences

 –Environmental health sciences

 

Term
Epidemiology Defined
Definition

 

•Greek roots –epi = upon (as in “epidermis”) –demos = the people (as in “democracy”) –ology = “to speak of”, “to study”

 

•Modern definitions of epidemiology refer to –Distributions of

 

–Health determinants

 

–Disease and other health-related outcomes

 

–Populations

 

–Application in control of health problems

 

Term
Roots (& Grafts) of Modern Epidemiology
Definition

 

1.Acute disease investigation
2.Medicine
3.Statistics
4.Social sciences
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5.Computer sciences
6.Managerial sciences
7.Genomics
Term
Roots (& Grafts) of Modern Epidemiology
Definition

1.Acute disease investigation

2.Medicine
3.Statistics
4.Social sciences
●
5.Computer sciences
6.Managerial sciences
7.Genomics
Term


Wake-up Calls



Over-optimism in 60’s and 70’s

Definition

 

•AIDS recognized

•Cholera in the southern hemisphere

 

•Legionnaire’s disease

 

•New forms of hepatitis

 

•Chlamydia and heart disease

 

•Hospital acquired infections

 

•Antibiotic resistance

 

Term
Terms and Concepts
Definition

 

•Analytic epidemiology                 Exposure                            Pandemic
•Descriptive epidemiology           John Snow                          Population
•Determinant                                Morbidity                             Prevention of disease
•Distribution                                  Mortality                              Risk
•Epidemic                                     Natural experiment             Risk assessment
•Epidemiologic transition             Observational science         Risk factor
•Epidemiology                              Outcome                              Uses of epidemiology
Term
Basic Concepts
Definition

 

•What is ethics?•Branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct
•What is medical ethics?•Moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine

 

•What is ethics in epidemiology?•Appropriate conduct toward patients, profession, and public

 

•Why do we need ethics?•Mengele and Nazi doctors, USPHS and Tuskegee syphilis, Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital and cancer cells, Willowbrook State Hospital and hepatitis,

 

 

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