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EPIDEMIOLOGY Flashcards

1
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Concerned with the course of disease in an individual

patient

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Primary Care Physician

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is a public health scientist, who is
responsible for carrying out all useful
and effective activities needed for
successful epidemiology practice

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Epidemiologist

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Goals of the epidemiologist

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To limit disease, injury, and death
in a community by intervening
to prevent or limit outbreaks or epidemics
of disease and injury

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4
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study of the distribution and 
determinants of health related 
states or events in specified 
population and the application of this 
study to control health problems
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Epidemiology

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5
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anything that affects the well-being of a population

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Health-related states or events

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6
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• “Father of Medicine”
• Suggested the relationship between
the occurrence of disease & the
physical environment (300 B.C.)

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Hippocrates

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7
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– Few advances in epidemiology – Epidemics

Plague, leprosy, smallpox, malaria, syphilis, yellow fever

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Spiritual Era

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8
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Who traced the cases 
to the docks where ships arrived from 
tropical ports (Philadelphia)
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Dr. Benjamin Rush

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9
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Who discovered the yellow fever

mosquito

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Walter Reed

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What is the name of the causative agent of yellow fever mosquito?

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Aedes aegypti

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11
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When did cholera became epidemic in London?

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1849

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12
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Who solved the cholera outbreak?

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Dr. John Snow

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What did Dr. John Snow do?

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Removed pump handle

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He discovered “Germ theory of disease” and

Principle of pasteurization

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Louis Pasteur

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In 1883, who discovered Vibrio cholerae

& many other bacteria?

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Robert Koch

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16
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3 Types of Epidemiology

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  1. Descriptive epidemiology
  2. Analytical epidemiology
  3. Experimental epidemiolog
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17
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This type of epidemiology describes the distribution of health status in
terms of: age, gender, race, geography, time
etc.

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Descriptive Epidemiology

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What type of epidemiology studies of the determinants (causes) of
health-related states or events

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Analytical Epidemiology

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19
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What type of epidemiology evaluates the effects of intervention

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Experimental Epidemiology

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20
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This is kind of epidemiology is assessing health status, health
problems, health needs through
collections & surveys

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Descriptive Epidemiology

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21
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Answers: why and how

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Analytical Epidemiology

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22
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What type of epidemiology identifies the cause of a disease

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Experimental Epidemiology

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The disease surveillance of this type of epidemiology is this: 
• what (case definition)
• who (person)
• where (place)
• when (time), and 
• how many (count)
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Descriptive Epidemiology

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24
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What field of epidemiology tests hypotheses about relationships 
between health problems & 
possible risk factors, factors that 
increase that increase the 
probability of disease
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Analytical Epidemiology

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25
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This type of epidemiology determines the effectiveness of a
vaccine, therapeutic drug, or surgical
procedure

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Experimental Epidemiology

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Classes of research questions

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  1. occurrence
  2. (causal effects, etiology
  3. diagnostics
  4. intervention
    effects
  5. prognosis
  6. patient
    experiences
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27
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any susceptible organism invaded by

an agent

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HOST

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28
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the element that must be

present in order for disease to occur

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AGENT

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29
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– includes all factors –
physical, biological, or social – that inhibit or
promote disease transmission

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ENVIRONMENT

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30
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Influenced by exposure, susceptibility or

response to agents

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INTRINSIC FACTORS/risk factors

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31
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Types of immunologic experiences

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Active & Passive

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32
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This is – prior to

infection/immunization

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Active

33
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This is maternal
antibodies, gamma
globulins

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Passive

34
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What are the AGENTS OF DISEASE

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  1. Nutritive elements
  2. Chemical agents
  3. Physical agents
  4. Infectious agents
35
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These are the Parasites, Protozoa, Bacteria, Fungi, Viruses

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INFECTIOUS AGENTS

36
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What kind of agents are poisons and allergens

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CHEMICAL AGENTS

37
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These are the Heat, Light, Ionizing Radiation

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PHYSICAL AGENTS

38
Q

About excess

and deficiencies

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NUTRITIVE ELEMENTS

39
Q

Influence existence of the agent, exposure, or

susceptibility to agent

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EXTRINSIC FACTORS

40
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What are environmental factors?

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  1. Physical
  2. Socioeconomic Environment
  3. Biological
41
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Inanimate surroundings

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PHYSICAL FACTORS

42
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Occupation, urbanization and disruption

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SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

43
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What kind of environmental factors are living things around us?

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BIOLOGICAL

44
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Organize data according to the variables o

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TIME
PERSON
PLACE

45
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This variable refers both to the period of exposure to the
source of infection & the period during
which the illness occurred

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TIME

46
Q

Characteristics of the individual (exposed &

contacted the infection)

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PERSONS

47
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What are the variables below the “Persons”?

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AGE & SEX AND OCCUPATION

48
Q

Features, factors or conditions in the

environment where the disease occurred

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PLACE

49
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What are the different Patterns of Disease Occurrence & Distribution

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  1. Sporadic Diseases
  2. Endemic Diseases
  3. Epidemic Diseases
  4. Pandemic Diseases
50
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Intermittent occurrence of a few isolated &

unrelated cases in a given locality

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Sporadic Diseases

51
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an unexpectedly large number of cases of
disease in a particular population in relatively
short period of time

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Epidemic Diseases

52
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a disease that occur regularly in a population
with the usual number of cases in a given
locality

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Endemic Diseases

53
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Disease outbreaks in animal populations

A

Epizootics

54
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More acute and serious problem

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Epidemic Diseases

55
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an outbreak of disease over a wide geographical

area such as a continent

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Pandemic Diseases

56
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Disease outbreaks involving both animals and

humans

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Epizoodemic

57
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Rabies (cases scattered throughout the country)

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Sporadic Diseases

58
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Schistosomiasis in Leyte & Samar, Filariasis

in Sorsogon

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Endemic Diseases

59
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Bird Flu

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Epidemic Diseases

60
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Bubonic plague, St. Louis encephalitis (but

later become epidemics)

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Epizootics

61
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Disease outbreaks involving both animals and

humans

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Epizoodemic

62
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systematic approach of obtaining, organizing &
analyzing numerical facts so that conclusion may be drawn from
them.

A

Statistics

63
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systematic study of vital events such as births,

illnesses, marriages, divorce, separation & deaths.

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Vital Statistics

64
Q

What indicate the health of a community and th success or failure of health work?

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Statistics of morbidity & mortality

65
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Where do births and deaths are registered?

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Office of the Local Civil Registrar of the municipality or city

66
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What are the uses of vital statistics?

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Indices (point out) of the health & illness status of a

community

67
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Serves as basis for planning, implementing, monitoring

& evaluating community health programs & services

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Vital statistics

68
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What are the sources of standardized data?

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  1. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR)
  2. National Health Surveys
  3. Philippine Census
  4. Statistical Abstract of the Philippines
  5. Vital Statistics
69
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Meaning of FHSIS

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Field Health Services & Information

System

70
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Meaning of MMWR

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Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Reports

71
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What are the phases/activities in epidemiology?

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  1. studies the distribution of disease within populations
  2. makes comparisons
  3. makes inferences/conclusions
  4. seeks disease prevention
72
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What phase/activity in epidemiology answers the qs “How much of the population is affected? Who among
them are affected? When are they affected? Where
does this occur?”

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studies the distribution of disease within populations

73
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What phase/activity in epidemiology compare the characteristics of affected and non-affected?

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makes comparison

74
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This phase/activity analyzes exposed and non-exposed by retrospective and prospective methods

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makes inferences/conclusions

75
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this phase develop insights on prevention from observations on communities

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seeks disease prevention

76
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This phase/activity in epidemiology can diagnose or asses the source of the problem of the population

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makes inferences/conclusions

77
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This is systematic approach of obtaining, organizing and analyzing numerical facts so that conclusion may be drawn from them

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statistics

78
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this is a systematic study of vital events such as births, illnesses, marriages, divorce, separation and deaths

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vital statistics

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