Epidemology
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- LITERAL MEANING OF EPIDEMOLOGY
- "STUDY OF WHAT IS UPON PEOPLE/POPULATIONS"
- LIST (4) THINGS THAT EPIDEMOLOGY STUDIES
- THE STUDY OF CAUSAL AGENTS, OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION, CONTROL OF HEALTH AND DISEASE IN A DEFINED HUMAN POPULATION
- DEFFINITION OF "DEFINED POPULATION"
- GROUPS OF PEOPLE DEFINED BY THINGS SUCH AS AGE, GEOGRAPHY, RACE, GENDER, INCOME, GENETICS, ECT.
- A DEFINED POPULATION IS A COMBINATION OF THE FACTORS SUCH AS AGE, GEOGRAPHY, RACE, GENDER, INCOME, GENETICS, ECT.
- NOTE
- DEFINE HEALTH
- A CONDITION IN WHICH PERFORMS ALL VITAL FUNCTIONS NORMALLY
- DEFINE DISEASE
- CONDITION IN WHICH VITAL FUNCTION IS IMPAIRED RESULTING IN SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
- DEFINE "SIGNS"
- AN OBJECTIVE/MEASURABLE MANIFISTATION OF DISEASE
- DEFINE "SYMPTOMS"
- SUBJECTIVE/NON-MEASURABLE MANIFISTATION OF DISEASE
- GIVE 6 EXAMPLES OF SIGNS
- RUNNY NOSE, FEVER, PULSE, BLEEDING, TUMOR, VOMMITING, DIARRHEA, SWEATING
- GIVE 6 EXAMPLES OF SYMPTOMS
- NAUSEA, FATIGUE, DIZZINESS, ANXIETY, THIRST, HUNGER
- DEFINE "CAUSAL AGENT"
- IDENTIFY THE MICROBE THAT CAUSES THE DISEASE------>THIS LEADS TO TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF THE DISEASE
- WHEN DISCUSSING CAUSAL AGENTS....LIST 3 WAYS WE CAN ID THE MICROBE THAT IS CAUSING THE DISEASE
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---LOOK AT THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
---COLLECT A SAMPLE AND USE MICRO TECHNIQUES
---USE KOCHS POSTULATES TO LINK THE MICROBE TO THE DISEASE - WHEN TRYING TO ID THE CAUSAL AGENT....WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MICRO TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE USED
- GRAM STAIN, FERMENTATION, SELECTIVE MEDIA
- DEFINE "OCCURRENCE"
- HOW FREQUENTLY DOES THE DISEASE OCCUR WITHIN THE POPULATION
- WHAT IS THE TERM THAT DESCRIBES HOW EPIDEMIOLOGISTS FIGURE OUT "OCCURRENCE"
- EPIDEMIOLOGISTS USE "COMMON STATISTICS" TO FIGURE OUT OCCURRENCE
- LIST THREE WAYS THAT COMMON STATISTICS ARE USED
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PREVELANCE
MORBIDITY(INCIDENCE)
MORTALITY - DEFINE PREVELANCE...WHAT KIND OF CASES DOES PREVELANCE DEAL WITH
- PREVELANCE TELLS US HOW COMMON THE DISEASE IS FOR A GIVEN TIME....THIS METHOD COMBINES OLD CASES AND NEW CASES
- DEFINE "MORBIDITY" OR INCIDENCE
- TELLS US IF THE DISEASE IS SPREADING
- DEFINE "MORTALITY"
- MORTALITY TELLS US HOW DEADLY A DISEASE IS
- WHEN DISCUSSING MORTALITY...WHAT MUST YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
- YOU MUST CONSIDER YOUR POPULATION....IE....COLLEGE STUDENTS VS NEW BORN BABIES