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Foundations of Health Professionals: Epidemiology

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epidemiology

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branch of science that investigates the factors that contribute to the presence or absence of disease

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incidence

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number of new cases of a disease in a population over time

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prevalence

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number of existing cases of a disease at a given time.

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Name the 3 things that epidemiologist study about health and disease.

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1. agent

2. host

3. environmental factors

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epidemic

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  • disease in a population with numbers greater than what is expected at time/place. (measles, smoking)

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pandemic

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  • disease or condition that spreads across regions (COVID, Bubonic Plague)

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endemic

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  • disease present all the time (common cold, flu)

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Cluster

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  • two or more cases associated with the same location, group or event, around the same time. (Food borne illness)

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Name the 4 categories of disease

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1. infectious

2. hereditary

3. degenerative

4. deficiency

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infectious disease

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caused by a virus, bacteria, fungi or protist

ex. COVID

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hereditary disease

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a genetic disorder (cystic fibrosis, down syndrome)

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degenerative disease

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malfunctions or break down in the body

Ex. osteoporosis

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deficiency disease

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lacking in nutrients, minerals, etc.

Scurvy: lack of vitamin C

Anemia: not enough red blood cells, low iron

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Name 4 modes of disease transmission

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1. Direct contact

2. Airborne (aerosol)

3. Ingestion

4. Vector

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Direct contact

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disease transmission through skin to skin contact, body fluids

MRSA

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Airborne disease

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passed in respiratory droplets, inhalation

COVID

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Ingestion Transmission

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disease passed through food or water

E.coli, cholera

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Vector transmission

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disease passed through insect transmission

Malaria

West Nile Virus

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Contagious

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the ability of a disease to be passed from one person to another.

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Disease

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– a disruption of normal body functions.

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pathogen

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agent capable of causing disease

(virus, bacteria, prions, fungi, parasitic worms)

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patient zero

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first person to become infected with the disease before it spreads