HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intelligent Agent, Microscope, Maternal Death
13 Apr 2016
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Olsen and colleagues (2010) identified the priority of public health to include: Disease severity and ability to change disease frequency and severity. Study of the determinants and distribution of health related states in specified populations, and the application of this study to control of health problems . Determinants: what are the factors that contribute to you being ill. Specified populations: cohorts, specific population of people we are interested in. Who, when, where, frequency(change frequency of illness in our nation) Endemic = disease continues to persist in specific cohort people or geographical region. Epidemic is when its generalized to one population. Pandemic is when it starts crossing borders, doesn"t need to be an infectious disease (aids is an example of infectious disease)(obesity is an example of a non infectious disease) Father of epidemiology: john snow, physician in the district of soho in london. Case of the broad street pump 1854: people throwing up and being sick then dying.
