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Epidemiology
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study of the determinants of health related states or events in populations, and how it is controlled
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Epidemic
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large number of cases
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Endemic
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diseases that occur regularly in a population
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Epizootic
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disease beginning in animals
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Pandemic
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diseases over a wide geographic area like a continent
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Cases
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# of people afflicted with the disease
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Rate
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# of EVENTS that occur in a given population
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Incidence rate
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# of new health related events of a disease
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Prevalence rate
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all current cases/total population
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chronic rate
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lasts longer than 3 months
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acute rate
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lasts less than 3 months
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communicable diseases
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caused by a specific biological agent- can be transmitted (cold)
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noncommunicable
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cannot be transmitted (cancer)
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Isolation
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separating the infected from the healthy
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Quarantine
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Healthy people who were exposed to the disease
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Acute communicable
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cold, pneumonia, mumps
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Acute NON communicable
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Appendicitis, poisoning
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Chronic Communicable
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AIDS, Lyme, tuberculosis
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Chronic NON communicable
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diabetes, CHD
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Three factors of communicable disease model
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Agent, Host, Environment
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Prevention of communicables
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Portal of exit- condoms, hair nets
Portal of entry-masks, gloves Transmission- isolation, abstinence New host- immunization, health ed |
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Chain of Infection Model
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Pathogen-Reservoir-Portal of Exit-Modes of Transmission-Portal of Entry-Establishment of disease in New host
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Chain of Infection-Lymes
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Bacteria, deer tick, Skin, vector borne(bite), skin, new host
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Noncommunicable disease model
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factors protecting against disease::
genetics-personality, behaviors and beliefs-environment,economy, health care |