HRPR 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Public Health, Tobacco Control, Lead Poisoning
8 May 2019
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2000-2010 : tobacco control, immunization (vaccine preventable diseases, prevention and control infectious disease, maternal and infant health, cardiovascular disease prevention, occupational safety, vehicle safety, cancer prevention, childhood lead poisoning, public health preparedness and response (disaster planning) Definition: the development, implementation and evaluation of effective programs and policies through application of principles of scientific reasoning, including systematic uses of data and information systems, and appropriate use of behavioral science theory and program planning models. Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment. Analyze your data and draw a conclusion. Evidence based public health: investigate disease, illness and threats to health. Epidemiologists use scientific methods to investigate, analyze and prevent or control a health problem in a population. John snow father of epidemiologists and first to documents of citizens getting sick. Typhoid mary found out that people can carry diseases. Carried by person, spread through food (she a cook) Where is the disease transmission occurring? (place)
