HEALTHCARE 3 Flashcards
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epi
upon/among
demos
people/district
logos
study or knowledge of
epidemiology is defined as the study of what?
study of what is upon the people
What is the goal of epidemiology
Limit disease, injury and death in a community
Professionals involved in the area of epidemiology
epidemiologist
Defined Epidemiology as “the study of the distribution and determinants of diseases and injuries in human populations”
Mausner & Kramer (1985)
Defined epidemiology as the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events in specified populations and the application of this study to the control of health problems
John M. Last
Classical Father of Epidemiology
Hippocrates
Who was the first person known to have examined the relationships between disease occurrence and environmental influences.
Hippocrates
What relationship did Hippocrates examine?
relationships between disease occurrence and environmental influences
What 2 terms did Hippocrates coin in epidemiology?
epidemic and endemic
• 16th century, famous Italian doctor
• the first one who proposed a theory that very small, unseeable live particles cause disease and are able to spread via different modes of transmission that can cause epidemics
Girolamo Fracastoro
What proved Fracastoro’s theory?
Invention of Microscope
Who created the microscope
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek 1675
In this date, there had been an outbreak of cholera in London’s Soho District. Dr. John Snow mapped out the clusters of cholera cases and identified that the cause of the outbreak was the public water pump system in the area. The outbreak declined and no more incidence of cholera was reported after determining the cause of disease and this had been perceived as a major event in the history of public health and was regarded as the founding event of the science of epidemiology.
1854
Who is the Modern Father of Epidemiology
Dr. John Snow
What caused the outbreak of cholera in London’s Soho District
public water pump system
Broad Street Pump
John Snow and Cholera
In 1847 brought down infant mortality at a Vienna hospital by instituting hand washing procedures.
Ignaz Semmelweis
He was regarded as the “Father of Handwashing”.
Ignaz Semmelweis
the single most important measure to reduce disease transmission from one person to another
Handwashing
the single most important measure to reduce disease transmission from one person to another
Handwashing
What date did Joseph Lister discovered aseptique/aseptic (from asepsis meaning without infection) technique which is geared towards the prevention of microorganisms from reaching susceptible areas thereby preventing the spread of disease.
1865
