What is epidemiology? Why is this important to community health? Provide an example of its importance from your community. According to "An Encyclopedia Britannica Company: Merriam-Webster Dictionary" (2013)‚ "Epidemiology is a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence‚ distribution‚ and control of disease in a population." It is also considered "the sum of the factors controlling the presence or absence of a disease or pathogen." Epidemiology is important to community health because
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cervical cancer is increasing in the US. The study of epidemiology focuses on the interventions and preventions available to decrease the prevalence and incidence of HPV‚ cervical cancer‚ and genital warts in teenagers. This paper will evaluate the role of epidemiology in HPV by utilizing the epidemiological triangle‚ methods and types of epidemiology‚ the population affected‚ and the levels of prevention in the HPV disease. “Epidemiology is the study of populations in order to: monitor the
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screening for cancer. Tertiary prevention includes prevention of complications in people who are already developed signs and symptoms of an illness and have been diagnosed with a disease. Example‚ rehabilitation for stroke. Source: Gordis‚ L. (2014). Epidemiology (5th ed.). Philadelphia‚
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Epidemiologists are people that go to school and study science and graduate with a bachelor’s degree. They then go on to complete there degree or PhD in epidemiology. With this degree they study the patterns of diseases or health risk within a population group‚ society‚ and or a culture. Their goal is to reduce public risk so they look at how a certain disease affects a certain population or how a virus is only in a certain geographical location. They may only track one kind of disease or virus or
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from ProQuest database Loh K.Y. & Kew S.T (2006). Hepatitis B infection: what the primary care doctors should know Colin W. S.‚ Edgar P. S.‚ Lyn F‚ Anthony E. F.‚ & Beth P. B.(2006). Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Epidemiology and Vaccination Theodore S. Y. & Mazen J. (2006) Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection International Journal of Medical Sciences.3 (2):41-46
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Doctor John Snow The Father of Epidemiology. To earn a nickname like this‚ innovative work must be achieved from such a man. Doctor John Snow was a man who cautiously researched and came up with noteworthy insight on cholera. Cholera was said to be airborne during the mid 19th century and there were no successful treatments to help save the generous amount of people dying from dehydration. John Snow was born in Britain on March 15th‚ 1816 and became an apprentice to a surgeon at the age of
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fail” (Bouffard). I took this to heart as I researched possible careers for myself. I want to have a well-developed plan so once I am a senior‚ I have an idea of what I want to do for a living and where I want to head in my life. Sociology and epidemiology are two careers that I have an interest in because they involve my favorite subject‚ science. Sociologists study how people behave and interact in different social groups and situations (“Sociologists” 565) whereas epidemiologists study diseases
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In the study posted in the American Journal of Epidemiology‚ by R. M. Worth‚ who is affiliated with the University of Hawaii School of Public Health‚ Biomedical Sciences Building‚ 1960 East-West Road‚ Honolulu‚ Hawaii 96822; H. Kato who is affiliated with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and Japanese National Institute of Health‚ Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ Japan; G. G. Rhoads and A. Kagan‚ who is affiliated with the Honolulu Heart Study‚ National Heart and Lung Institute‚ and National Institutes
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DEFINITIONS OF RISK Brian A. Burt‚ BDS‚ MPH‚ PhD Correpondence: Dr. Brian A. Burt Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health University of Michigan 109 Observatory Street Ann Arbor‚ MI 48109-2029 Phone: 734-764-5478 Fax: 734-764-3192 E-mail: bburt@umich.edu Reprints will not be available. 2 Abstract: Risk-related terms such as risk factor‚ modifiable risk factor‚ demographic risk factor‚ risk indicator‚ determinant‚ and risk marker are often not well defined in the literature. This short
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Application of Epidemiology – A Case Study Analyze Good Health Hospital s records and itemize records and itemize recent nosocomial infections that occurred within the past year. In your report‚ categorize the different parameters (i.e.‚ person‚ time‚ place‚ ethnicity‚ and gender) used in the compilation of data into the information summative. An outbreak of E-coli has occurred in Good Health Hospital‚ this has become a major problem since the outbreak occurred in Ward
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