Lecture 1 - Intro Flashcards
What is public health?
The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts of society
What are the 3 domains/3 Ps of Public Health?
Health Protection: PREVENT disease
Healthcare: PROLONG life
Health improvement: PROMOTING health
What factors determine somebodies health?
Socioeconomic factors
Physical environment
Health behaviours
Healthcare
What is the definition of statistics?
The collection, presentation, description and analysis of data which are measurable in numerical forms
What are the 2 types of statistics?
Descriptive
Inferential
What are descriptive statistics?
Describing data like the median, mean
What are inferential statistics?
Analysing data to enable conclusions to be drawn from the data, like comparing 2 populations
What is the definition of Epidemiology?
The study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events in specified populations and the application of the study to the control of health problems
What are usually investigated in epidemiological investigations?
Distribution
Determinants
What type of studies are used to study distribution in epidemiological investigations?
Descriptive studies
What type of studies are used to study determinants in epidemiological investigations?
Analytical studies
What is descriptive epidemiology?
Sampling so that can infer back to the population
Used to study distribution
Study ends in development of possible hypothesis regarding cause and effect
What is analytical epidemiology?
Studies determinants
Studies 2 or more groups for comparison
What are 2 types of observational studies that can be either descriptive or analytical?
Ecological studies
Cross-sectional surveys
What are the 2 types of observational study that are only analytical?
Case-control studies
Cohort studies
