LESSON 7 part 1 Flashcards
Tools in ‘Measuring and Analyzing Community’
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Tools in ‘Identifying Community Needs’
It is the science which deals with the study of human population size, composition, and distribution in space
Demography
Refers to the ‘number of people in a given place or area’ at a given time
Population size
It pertains to certain variables like age, sex, occupation, educational level
Population composition
An official and periodic enumeration of population
Census
2 ways of assigning people when census is taken
De Jure Method
De Facto Method
People are assigned to the place where they ‘usually live regardless of where they are at the time of census’
De Jure Method
People are assigned to the place where they are ‘physically present at the time of the census’ regardless of their usual place of residence
De Facto Method
Number of males to the number of females
Sex Ratio
Divides the population into two equal parts
Median Age
Compares the number of economically dependent with the economic productive group
Dependency Ratio
Describe the ease by which a communicable disease will be transmitted from one host to another susceptible host
Crowding index
Determine how ‘congested’ a place is
Population Density
It estimates the ‘extent or magnitude of health needs and problems in the community’
Vital Statistics
‘Study of vital events’ such as births, illnesses, marriages, divorces, separation, and deaths
Vital Statistics
Morbidity or Mortality: Disease
Morbidity
Morbidity or Mortality: Death
Mortality
Used to describe a relationship between two numerical quantities or measure of events
Ratio
The total living population
Crude or General Rates
Study of the occurence and distribution of health condition such as disease, death, deformities, or disabilities
Epidemiology
Three models that explain the multiple causation theoory
The wheel
The web
Ecologic Triad
What is the most helpful model in the multiple causation theory
Ecologic Triad
The ‘probability of a group or community developing an epidemic ‘upon introduction of an infectious agent
Herd Immunity
It aims to strengthen the host resistance, inactivate the agent or interrupt the chain of infection
Primary Prevention
Prevention of emergence of risk factors
Primary Prevention
It aims to identify and treat existing problems at the earliest possible time
Secondary Prevention
It aims to limit disability progression
Tertiary Prevention
