NSE 31A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pap Test, William Farr, Occupational Safety And Health
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Nse wk 9 : epidemiology: health surveillance, health protection and health equity. The study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related states or events in specified populations, including the study of the determinants influencing such states and the application of knowledge to control the health problem . Purpose is to: describe, explain, predict and control challenges to population health. Understanding the how & why to predict, prevent and control health related issues. Importance of epidemiology: helps determine the etiology, risk factors or risk conditions of diseases, helps in the study of injuries and injury prevention. Includes notion of social epidemiology explicit attention to role of sdh in risk factors/conditions for disease and injury. Shifting understanding of epidemiology: changes in the types of disease/illness causing death during the 20th century. Increasing emphasis on environmental factors and lifestyle behaviours. Increased recognition of the complexity of factors causing illness. Comparison of most common causes of death of canadians over time.
