Prof. Eneme Flashcards
Epidemiology
What is public health
The science of preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health and efficiency , through organized community
What epidemiology literally means
The study of what befalls man
What us Epidemiology by CDC
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health - related states or events or trends in specific population
and applications of this study is to control of the health problems
Distribution
And what angle does it give Epidemiology
Distribution brings about frequency and pattern of health events in a population
QUANTITATIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY
Pattern
P Place
P Personal characteristics
T. Time
It give Epidemiology a Discripive angle
And answers the questions
WHO, WHERE, AND WHEN
Determinants
What angles does it give Epidemiology
Epidemiologist studies what determines health events
They compare groups with different rates of disease occurrence and with difference in demographic characteristics
Angle.
Analytical Epidermiologist