week 2 Flashcards
(21 cards)
what are community function s
necessities to sustain day to day livelihood of residents
how do we assess a community
assessment
planning
implementation
evaluation
what are the four types of community assessment
environmental scan
needs assessment
problem investigation
resource evaluation
what is epidemiology
study of the occurrence of health related states or events in specific population s
ex. how does illness start and spread
what is the epidemiological triangle
host, environment, and age (illness0
how is epidemiology used
to examine the frequency and distribution of communicable diseases and health and social conditions
what are the three things in history that started epidemiology
John show relationship between cholera and drinking water
Florence nightengale and sanitisation
hippocrates and environment, health and disease
what is screening
testing peple how do not have symptoms
what is surveillance
monitoring diseases to see patterns
what is association
evidence of connection between a stressor and environment
what is causation
PROOF, concrete
definitive and statistical confirmation of stimulus and disease connection
stressor must be present
sufficient amount of exposure required
when establishing causality what are the main two things that you need
sufficient stressor and sufficient amount of exposure
difference between a case report and a case study
case report: comprehensive report of cases of disease
case study: counts of selected variables within population
what are crude mortality rates
estimated portion of population that die within specific time period
ex. deaths of all causes compared to total population
what are proportional mobility ratios
used to specify crude mortality rates to find deaths from specific cause
what are specific mortality rates
deaths from specific cause in particular subgroup p
what are prevalence morbidity rates
number of people from specific disease at that particular point in time
what are incidence morbidity rates
number of new cases that occur in a population at any point in time.
what are morbidity rates
illness rates
go through slide 50 again
