Public Health Flashcards
How was epidemiology exemplified?
John snow with his work on cholera
Public health issues?
Immunisation Outbreaks Teenage pregnancies Heart disease HIV/AIDs Smoking Accidents
Challenges of feeding the world?
Population size
Costs
Sustainability
Clinical manifestation of a Vit A deficiency?
Blindness
Increased severity of diarrhoea and infections
Clinical manifestation of iodine deficiency?
Poor cognitive development
What is epidemiology?
Study of the frequency, distribution and determinants of disease in a population
Crude death rate?
Mortality rate for whole population
Equation for incidence rate?
No. of persons exposed to risk of developing the disease during that period of time
Prevalance rate equation?
Number of persons at risk of having disease at that point in time
Under-nutrition?
Food insecurity, restricted access to nutrient dense food
Overweight and obesity?
High volumes of food that are high in energy but low in nutrients
Chronic diet related conditions?
Diabetes CAD Peripheral artery disease Strokes Cancer Bone disease Dental disease Hypertension Obesity
