Intro and uses

Question 1

What is epidemiology

Answer 1

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

Question 2

WHO health definition

Answer 2

a state of complete physical mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 3

why is epidemiology useful

Answer 3

can identify groups within a population with increased or decreased rates of disease and investigate differences

Question 4

some examples where it is useful

Answer 4

nutritional deficiencies such as scurvy beriberi pallagra and goitre
cancers

Question 5

what can it enable

Answer 5

disruption of the cause of a disease without knowing its intimate nature and also allows for 2 types of control environmental(eg fluoridation) and personal(diet and hygiene)