What is Epidemiology?

Question 1

The conscientious, explicit & judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of a patient

Answer 1

Evidenced-based Medicine

Question 2

Purpose of Evidenced-based Med?

Answer 2

combo of good clinical trials, along w/ clinical knowledge, to decide upon efficacious therapeutic regimes

Question 3

What is Evidence-based Medicine depedent on?

Answer 3

Population Data

Question 4

DZ that occurs with predictable regularity in a population?

Answer 4

Endemic/Enzootic

Question 5

DZ that many people/animals require over a short period & in excess of expected levels?

Answer 5

Epidemic/Epizootic

AKA

OUTBREAK

Question 6

Widespread epidemic/epizootic involving more than one country?

Answer 6

Pandemic/Panzootic

Question 7

What are the 6 stipulations of a WHO pandemic? (involves humans)

Answer 7

1. New to the population or just resurfaced
2. Causing serious illness
3. Spreads easily & sustainably
4. High morbidity & High mortality
5. Spread occurs into 2 or more countries in 1 WHO region
6. Community level outbreaks in at least 1 other country in a different WHO region

Question 8

Dz that occurs infrequently in a population.

Answer 8

Sporadic

Question 9

Primary purpose of surveillance in public health practice?

Answer 9

Monitor trends in DZ occurrence including detection of epidemics/pandemics

Question 10

What is passive surveillance? Problem with?

Answer 10

• Vet agencies make no active efforts to collect dz. info
• inaccurate info on dz. frequency
• difficult to set priorities for control programs

Question 11

Uses structured dz. surveys to collect high quality dz. info quickly

Answer 11

Active surveillance

Question 12

What do we do with the data collected from a surveillance system?

Answer 12

• monitor trends for epidemics/pandemics
• get info on etiology of dz.
• guides control programs
• detects changes in health practices & their effects
• provides basis for Epi research