Disaster Epidemiology and Surveillance Flashcards
It is an event that puts an overwhelming stress on a system.
- Resources used on a daily basis are inadequate for dealing with the event’s impact.
- Large number of people affected.
- Damaged or limited resources due to the event.
Disaster
These types of events include;
- Tsunamis
- Hurricanes
- Tornadoes
- Earthquakes
- Floods
Natural Disaster
These types of events include;
- Train crash
- Building collapse
- Fire
Human-made unintentional
These types of events include;
- Terrorist attack
- Mas shooting
- Toxic agent distribution
Human-made intentional
Transcribe GDACS
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
What are the THREE definitions and objectives in the study of disaster?
- Descriptive Epidemiology
- Analytic Epidemiology
- Evaluate Epidemiology
What are the THREE contexts of disaster?
- Time
- Place
- Person
- It distributes disease or injury among the affected population group;
- It identified the health-related issues that occur among people who are responding to the event.
- For monitoring the long-term effects of disaster.
- Potential to inform efforts at prevention and mitigation strategies.
Example:
- World Trade Center Disaster
- Exposure to material
- Respiratory problems
- PTSD
- Long-term effects were studied
A. Descriptive Epidemiology
B. Analytic Epidemiology
C. Evaluate Epidemiology
D. None of the above
A. Descriptive Epidemiology
- It injured or ill people during an event
- Those who were not affected
Example:
- Tornado outbreak
- Protective factors
Questions to answer:
- Where were people when they were killed or injured?
- Did these have an impact on the injury occurrence?
A. Descriptive Epidemiology
B. Analytic Epidemiology
C. Evaluate Epidemiology
D. None of the above
B. Analytic Epidemiology
Questions to answer:
- What are the specific interventions that have been implemented effectively?
- What are the factors that have resulted in their success or failure?
Examples:
- Mass shootings in United States schools
A. Descriptive Epidemiology
B. Analytic Epidemiology
C. Evaluate Epidemiology
D. None of the above
C. Evaluate Epidemiology
What is the purpose of Disaster Epidemiology?
A. Identify the priority health problems in the affected community
B. Learn the preexisting health problems that impact a community resilience
C. Create needs for specific services during a disaster
D. All of the above
Forensic Epidemiology includes, except?
A. Intent
B. Person involved
C. Degree of harm
D. Risk factors
E. Disaster
E. Disaster
- It is a usage of population and individual health indicators that may appear before widespread disease is confirmed through clinical or lab diagnosis.
- Short-term implementation that is done during specific events.
- Disease transmission intentional act that results in illness.
A. Syndromic surveillance
B. Routine surveillance
C. Designer surveillance
D. Disaster surveillance
A. Syndromic surveillance
- It may not provide necessary info for needs assessment and disease or injury pattern identification.
- Disaster circumstances may cause these systems to be non-functional or inaccessible.
A. Syndromic surveillance
B. Routine surveillance
C. Designer surveillance
D. Disaster surveillance
B. Routine surveillance
- It mechanism to monitor for specific diseases.
A. Syndromic surveillance
B. Routine surveillance
C. Designer surveillance
D. Disaster surveillance
B. Routine surveillance
