Lecture 48 - Intro to Epidemiology Flashcards
1
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what are 3 ways veterinarians intersect public health
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- protect people from disease (zoonoses and bioterrorism)
- safeguard food production
- make discoveries that enhance human, animal, and environmental health
2
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define epidemiology
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study of disease occurrence and health states in populations
3
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epidemiology in practice
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includes health monitoring and disease prevention in populations
4
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epidemiology in research
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identifies risk factors upon which interventions and mechanistic understanding of the disease can be based
5
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what is a population
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a group (cohort) greater than 1
6
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closed population
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no additions to population; death or loss of follow-up
7
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open population
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new members over time and lose members over time
8
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what is a “disease”
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illness, injury, health outcomes
9
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T/F: definitions of disease can change over time
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TRUE
10
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what is the epidemiologic triad
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- Host - individual who gets disease
- Agent - infectious microorganisms
- environment - extrinsic factors that affect opportunity to exposure
