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Name the diagnostic discipline of public health |
epidemiology |
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Name the 4 things that epidemiology does for public hleath |
- major part of public health's assessment of function - investigates causes of diseases - identifies trends in disease occurrence - evaluates effectiveness of interventions |
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Name the 3 patterns of disease occurrence that epidemiology studies |
-who is getting the disease -when did people get this disease -where did people get this disease -why is the disease occurring |
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What is epidemic surveillance and its purpose? |
trying to recognize a disease is occurring before people start dying
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What is a notifiable disease? (Give an example) |
a disease that is required to be reported to government authorities (TB) |
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Once the local health department gets notice of a notified disease, where do they report this disease to? (Name 2 places) |
State Health Departments and the CDC |
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How does epidemiology deal with a new outbreak? (List the 6 steps) |
- verify diagnosis
- constructs a working case definition - asks who has it - asks where people have it - asks when to describe person that have it & places that have it and a time frame - looks for common source of exposure |
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When dealing with a chronic disease such as heart disease, what 2 things does epidemiology do? |
identifies risk factors and observes trends
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Once a notifiable disease is recognized (say by a local doctor), where are they first reported to? |
local health departments |