1 - Diseases and epidemiology

Question 1

what are the 2 main categories for disease?

Answer 1

communicable and non-communicable diseases

Question 2

communicable disease

Answer 2

passed from 1 living thing to another by pathogens

Question 3

noncommunicable disease

Answer 3

cannot be transmitted by contact, not spread from 1 person to another

Question 4

what is the leading cause of death in males?

Answer 4

intentional self harm - 25.6%

Question 5

what is the leading cause of death in females?

Answer 5

dementia and alzheimers - 21.4%

Question 6

Epidemiology

Answer 6

study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events, and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems

Question 7

simple epidemiology definition

Answer 7

study and management of health in the population scale

Question 8

Objectives of Epidemiology

Answer 8

1. identify causes of disease and possible risk factors
2. determine the extent of disease in a population
3. study the natural history of diseases
4. evaluate treatments and other healthcare deliveries
5. provide evidence to develop new policies and treatments

Question 9

Epidemiology Questions

Answer 9

• How do health outcomes differ in different population groups?
• How do risk factors vary in different populations
• Why do some populations have higher risk of disease than others?

Question 10

what 3 things does epidemiology study?

Answer 10

1. distribution
2. determinants
3. control

Question 11

what do the determinants take into account?

Answer 11

• what puts people at higher risk of the disease?

Question 12

what does control take into account?

Answer 12

• how can the spread of the disease be controlled?

Question 13

Factors of Epidemiology

Answer 13

demographic, social, economic, genetic, environment

Question 14

Association between disease and factors

Answer 14

• association strength
• association consistency
• temporal correctness of the association

Question 15

disease determinants : mexico pork tapeworm

Answer 15

Human infection more common in those who:
- Frequently eat pork 
- Have poor sanitation 
Pig infection more common where: 
• Pigs are "free ranging" 
• Pigs have access to human waste

Question 16

endemic

Answer 16

native or confined to a particular region or people

Question 17

epidemic

Answer 17

A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.

Question 18

Pandemic

Answer 18

Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.

Question 19

what does studying disease control help with?

Answer 19

• information and understanding

- advocacy and resource allocation

Question 20

questions surrounding disease control

Answer 20

• who should control be targeted to?
• where should control be targeted to ?
  what time of year should we intervene?
• what are the risk factors
• does intervention X work?
• how does intervention X compare to intervention Y?