Pass Semester 2 intro Flashcards
Define statistics
Collection, presentation description and analysis of data (which is measurable in numerical form)
How can statistics be classified?
Descriptive
Inferential (analysing data to enable conclusions to be drawn)
Epidemiology definition
Study of distributions of determinants of health related states/events (eg disease) in specified populations
THEN application of this study to the control of health problems
Methods of epidemiology
Surveillance and descriptive can study distribution
Analytical studies can study determinants
Descriptive epidemiology
Sampling to infer back to population
Analytical epidemiology
Selection so can compare characteristics
Observational studies can be
Descriptive or analytical
Analytical observational studies
Case-control
Cohort
Descriptive observational studies
Ecological
Cross sectional surveys
Experimental studies
Trials
What is evidence based medicine?
Conscientious
Explicit
Judicious
Integrating clinical expertise and evidence
Use of current best evidence to make decisions about the care of individual patients
What is involved in evidence based medicine?
Clinical judgement and relevant scientific evidence
Definition of public health
Science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through organised efforts of society
3 domains of public health
Health protection (prevent disease) Health care (prolonging life) Health improvement (promoting health)
Determinants of health
Dahlgren and Whitehead model
age, sex, hereditary factors, lifestyle, social/community, living/working conditions, socioeconomic/cultural
