M5. Introduction to Epidemiology.

Question 1

Epidemiology:

1. ON or UPON?
2. PEOPLE?
3. study of?

Answer 1

1. epi
2. demos
3. logos

Question 2

study of the DISTRIBUTION or DETERMINANTS of health-related STATES or EVENTS in specified populations, and the application of this study to the CONTROL of health problems.

Answer 2

Epidemiology

REDUCE, PREVENT, and CONTROL health problems.

Question 3

STUDY.

• BASIC SCIENCE of public health.
• highly QUANTITATIVE DISCIPLINE based on principles of statistics & research methodologies.

Answer 3

Epidemiology.

Question 4

• DESCRIPTIVE epidemiology.
• distribution of frequencies and patterns of health events within groups in a population.

anwers the questions? PERSON, PLACE, TIME

Answer 4

DISTRIBUTION

gaano KADALAS, ano yung PATTERN?

WHO, WHERE, WHEN?
SINO, SAAN, KELAN?

Question 5

• ANALYTICAL epidemiology.
• search for CAUSES or FACTORS that are associated with increased risk or probability of disease

answeres the questions?

Answer 5

DETERMINANTS

ano DAHILAN?

WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW, WHY?
SINO, ANO, SAAN, KELAN, PAANO, BAKIT?

Question 6

infectious diseases, chronic disease, environmental problems, behavioral problems, and injuries

both COMMUNICABLE & NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

Answer 6

HEALTH-RELATED STATES or EVENTS

Question 7

groups of people rather than with individual patients

Answer 7

Populations.

Question 8

• APPLIED or FIELD epidemiology.
• the TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE.
• epidemiologic DATA RESULTS to public health DECISION MAKING and AIDS in DEVELOPING & EVALUATING INTERVENTIONS to control and prevent health problems

Answer 8

Control.

Question 9

systematically gather information about what happened

Answer 9

Epidemiology.

Question 10

Using ____, investigators study the answers to these questions to find out how a particular health problem was introduced into a community

Answer 10

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Question 11

Three (3) essential components of Epidemiology:

Answer 11

1. Disease distribution
2. Disease determinants
3. Disease frequency

Question 12

• how are cases of the condition of interest spread
• example: gender, age, geographic location, socio-economic status etc.

Answer 12

Disease distribution.

Question 13

what risk factors or antecedent events are associated with the appearance of a disease or condition

Answer 13

Disease determinants

Question 14

how many cases of the condition occur over a given time period

Answer 14

Disease frequency

Question 15

2 main areas of investigation?

Answer 15

1. describes DISTRIBUTION of health status
2. Patterns of disease distribution in terms of CAUSAL FACTOR

Question 16

the FACTOR which contribute to its causation and behavior

Answer 16

HOST
AGENT
ENVIRONMENT

Question 17

Take note lang ulit~

Answer 17

Epidemiology concept maintains that there can be no single cause of disease