Final Flashcards

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John Graunt

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Bills of Mortality - mortality data, patterns of birth/death/disease

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William Farr

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father of modern vital statistics and surveillance. system collection/analysis of Britian’s mortality rates - developed basic principles in vital statistics and disease classification

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John Snow

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father of epidemiology - discovered cause of disease of cholera to prevent reoccurence

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Florence Nightinggale

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plan for reform for health in army - nurse/epidemiologit - monitored disease mortality rates with improved sanitary conditions - showing lower death rates

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Epidemiologic Triad Model

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Host, Agent, Environment. an environment where host/agent are brought together to make disease

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wheel of causation

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host core - with social physical and biological environemtn surrounding

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web of causation

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complex group of subjects and relationships that can contribute to occurence and spread of disease

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Leavell and Clark’s Natural History of Disease Model

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Primary, Secondary, Tertiary prevention. course disease takes in individual people from its pathological onset until eventual resolution through complete recovery or death. Prepathogenesis - and period of pathogenesis.

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Infectious disease

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present and replication of an infectious agent in tissues of a host, with manifestation of signs and symptoms

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Communicable Disease

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portal of exit from infected person/animal, means of transmission, portal of entry to a susceptible host

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Airborne transmission

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TB, Ebola

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Direct Contact

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STD

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Indirect Contact

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malaria

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droplet

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flu, measles

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Chlamydia

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no symptoms - cervitis, urethritis, pyuria, dysuria, urinary frequency

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Gonorrhea

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abd. pain, vaginal/pelvic pain, discharge, fever

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Syphilis

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sores, skin rash

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HPV

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warts, itching

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HIV

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abd. pain, fatigue, diarrhea, n/v, sores in groin, ulcers in mouth

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Herpes

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cold sores, fever blisters, genital sores

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Hepatitis B

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fatigue, loss of appetite, yellow skin

22
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Changes in disease pattern over years

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noncummincable disease are more popular than infectious now

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Rate

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primary measurement used to describe either the occurence or existence of a specific state of health or illness

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epidemiology

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study of distrubtion and determinants of states of health and illness in human populations

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risk factor

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characteristics or events that have been show to increase the probability that a specific disease or illness will develop

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incubation period

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time period between initial contact w/ infectious agent and appearance of first signs/symptoms of disease

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Carrier

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person/animal who harbors an infectious organism and transmits the organism to others while having no symptoms of the disease