Lecture 13: Epidemiology and Public Health

Question 1

what is epidemiology?

Answer 1

the study of distribution, patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in populations

Question 2

what does epidemiology provide?

Answer 2

critical data for public health decision making, disease prevention and health promotion

Question 3

what is public health?

Answer 3

science and practice of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, policy making, disease prevention and health services

Question 4

what was the John Snow and the Broad Street pump?

Answer 4

cholera outbreak being suspected to be waterbourne and originating from the sewage contaminated pump on Broad street

Question 5

what are nosocomial infections?

Answer 5

infections acquired while working/staying in hospital

Question 6

what 2 breakthroughs did COVID19 research lead to?

Answer 6

• RNA vaccines
• transformation of virus genome sequencing into a tool

Question 7

what is a zoonosis?

Answer 7

an infectious disease that has jumped from a non-human animal to humans