BIOSTAT FINALS Flashcards
epi
on or upon
demos
people
logos
the study of
is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why.
Epidemiology
used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already developed.
Epidemiological information
is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems.
Epidemiology
is the relationship between a disease and its cause. A disease may have multiple causes, which can be categorized as either direct or indirect.
Disease causation
In __, the cause refers to something which has an effect.
Webster dictionary
cause can be considered to be something that alters the frequency of disease, health & production status or associated factors in the population.
in Epidemiology
a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal or plant especially one that has a known cause and a distinctive group of symptoms, signs, or anatomical changes.
Disease (Dictionary)
is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury.
Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that are associated with specific signs and symptoms.
Disease (Wikipedia)
three essential components,
HOST, AGENT AND ENVIRONMENT.
microbe that causes the disease, (the “what” of the triangle),
Agent
organism harboring the disease ( the
“who” of the triangle),
HOST
those external factors that causes or allow disease transmission ( the “where” of the triangle).
ENVIRONMENT
a organism too small to be seen with the naked eye.
microbe
Disease-causing microbes are
bacteria, virus, fungi, and protozoa( a type of parasite).
exists when there are more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area, or among a specific group of people, over a particular period of time, the disease doesn’t necessarily to be contagious like; West Nile Fever and the rapid increase in obesity rates are also considered epidemics. Epidemics can refer to a disease or other specific health-related behavior (e.g., smoking) with rates that are clearlv above the expected occurrence in a community or region.
EPIDEMICS:
when a population has a high level of disease all the time or when it is consistently present but limited to a particular region. This makes the disease spread and rates predictable. Malaria, for example, is considered endemic in certain countries and regions.
ENDEMIC;
when a disease’s growth is exponential. This means the growth rate skyrockets, and each day cases grow more that the day prior. In being declared a pandemic, the virus has nothing to do with virology, population immunity, or disease severity. It means a virus covers a wide area, affecting several countries and populations.
Pandemic
the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic
the degree to which it has spread.
CAUSES OF DISEASE OUTBREAKS
Weather conditions.
Exposure to chemicals or radioactive materials.
The social aftermath of disasters(
number of environmental factors