POPM 3240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Occupational Safety And Health, Ibuprofen, Health Promotion
2 Dec 2017
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Unit 1: foundations in health & disease transmission. Epidemiology: study of the frequency, distribution & determinants of health & disease in populations + the application of this study to control health problems. Health: state of complete physical & psychological (mental/social) well-being: not just absence of disease/in rmity (world health org. , mental health has more awareness now. I. e. cholera: acute diarrheal illness, causes death in hours if untreated: documented since 17th century; historians/physicians/etc studied & led to epi. Health problems in community change over time & place: i. e developing countries vs. developed countries, infectious diseases leading cause of death in 1900, chronic diseases leading in 2009. *levels of disease prevention: top goal of epidemiologists, 3 classi cations of prevention. Primary: prevent initial development; increase individual"s resistance to disease & decrease individual"s susceptibility to disease: i. e. immunization, health promotion (stay healthy, avoid risks,) & health protection (safety of food, water, air, enviro)
