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Epidemic |
• an increase in the number of cases of disease above what is normally expected for a given place and time |
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Endemic |
• the ongoing or usual presence of disease in a community or amongst a group of people ex. cases of diarrhea in LTC |
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Epidemic vs Outbreak |
Epidemic: an increase in number of cases of disease above what is normally expected for a given place and time outbreak: a similar definition to epidemic but confined to a more limited geographic area |
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Pandemic |
pandemic: an epidemic affecting the population of an extensive region, country or continent ex. mass fatalities |
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Epidemiology |
• the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events in specified populations and the application of this study to control health problems |
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2 Types of epidemiolgical studies |
• observational • experimental |
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Observational is branched into: |
• descriptive • analystics |
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Descriptive methods: analystical: |
• case report/ case studies • ecological • cross sectional •cross sectional • cohort • RCT • case contro |
