Topic 2 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the goals of public health?
A
Goal is to promote the health of the population through organised community efforts.
2
Q
What is epidemiology?
A
The study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations, and the application of this study to control health problems.
3
Q
Who was the first epidemiologist?
A
John Graunt
4
Q
Who summarised the Bills of Mortality
A
John Graunt
5
Q
What did James Lind do?
A
Improved nutrition, Helped lead to modern day clinical trials.
6
Q
What did William Farr do?
A
Used statistical data to test social hypotheses
7
Q
What did John Snow do?
A
First person to count and map cases geographically
8
Q
Who is known as The Father of Modern Epidemiology?
A
John Snow
