Epidemiology

eaten oatmeal at the same place and began to get sick 30 minutes after eating. Although they developed symptoms and began to get ill at different locations. They were presented into the hospital with the exact findings. 6. Perform a descriptive epidemiology and develop hypotheses. • The findings of the Eleven Blue Men, could be hypothesized that sodium nitrite was accidently placed in the salt shakers and used when the oatmeal was cooked. Although this was not a lethal dose used in cooking the…

become an epidemiologist. An epidemiologist is a “health professional who investigates patterns and causes of disease and injury in humans” (“Summary”). To accomplish my dream of attending the University of Notre Dame to get a master’s degree in epidemiology, I have to research the education or training requirements, consider the salary and benefits offered, and make plans for achieving my career and personal goals. Epidemiologists can work all across the United States or in other world wide…

Observation Study Design Leazaun Thornton Walden University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Epidemiology CLRA-6235-2 Dr. Aaron B. Mendelsohn, PhD, MPH Abstract Tuberculosis continues to infect a large percentage of the world's population, infecting more than 8.8 million people per year, and killing 1.6 million people per year. A major risk factor of tuberculosis is Diabetes Mellitus causing complications involving the circulation and the body's ability to fight infection.…

Review of the mathematical paper Introduction The article that is reviewed today is “An introduction to mathematics of HIV/Aids modelling” by Leigh Johnson published in 2004 for Centre of Actuarial Research for University of Cape Town, South Africa. The article provides an introduction to modelling HIV/Aids transmission as well as survival and focuses on children who lost their parents due to HIV/Aids called orphans. The lack of proper Introduction to the article isn’t easily allowing the…

Public Health Seminar Reflection Critique Weekly Template Based on this week’s assigned materials, answer the following questions. 1. How does this topic impact population health? Be specific in your answer and be sure to include WHO is affected and state reasons WHY this is of public health interest. (Note: If it is a historical case, state how this impacted population health and changed current practice.) 3 points The cholera epidemic in the 1800’s impacted populations by means of a common…

Personal Assessment: Preventing and Managing Diabetes, A Global Health Challenge Every day, we are faced with various choices that have a rippling effect on our lives and that of our children, and the older we get and the more responsible we become, and we strive to make healthier choices. According to Holmes (2009), one of the public health challenges of the millennium is aging, which has been compounded with the increased incidence of chronic diseases and disabilities. Diabetes has been…

Parkinson’s disease (PD) was first described by James Parkinson in his classic 1817 monograph “Essay on the Shaking Palsy”. PD is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease (AD). PD affects around 0.3% of population in industrialized countries and approximately 1% of the population above the age of 60 (de Rijk et al., 2000; Rajput, 1992). The mean age of onset of PD is 55. PD is mainly characterized clinically by resting tremor, rigidity and bradykinesia.…

Huntington's disease was first ever discussed in a letter by Charles Oscar Waters in 1842. It was then described by Charles Gorman in 1846. Symptoms of the disease were described by Johan Christian in 1860. In 1872 George Huntington gave the first complete description of the disease based on his research and so the disease was named after him. In 1993 the huntingtin gene was located. Today in the USA there are approximately 30,000 people with Huntington's disease or approximately one in every 30…

The Ghost Map, by Steven Johnson, is a fascinating, vivid, and compelling account of how London’s 1854 cholera epidemic shaped the field of epidemiology and profoundly impacted our understanding of cities and disease. The diligent and remarkably multidisciplinary work of physician John Snow and curate Henry Whitehead proved that scientific methods of investigation could be applied to medicine and human populations to solve problems in society, on both local and government-wide levels. After…

Community Assessment Marysville, Ohio is a small city, situated northwest of Columbus, Ohio. Marysville was founded in 1816 by Samuel W. Cuthbertson, who named the community after his daughter Mary (Ohio History Central, n.d.). By 1888, Marysville was nicknamed “the Shaded City”, because there were maple trees all along the streets of the community (Ohio History Central, n.d.). Today, Marysville’s economy thrives on industrial and manufacturing plants, research and development companies, and…