PUB 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bioterrorism, Cardiovascular Disease, Lung Cancer

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PUB 101
• Professor: Jessica Kruger

Document Summary

Describe the who, what, when, and why of a pattern of disease. Is a major part of public health"s assessment function. Evaluates effectiveness of medical and public health interventions, From the following information, epidemiologists can infer why a disease is occurring: The ultimate goal is to use this knowledge to control and prevent the spread of disease. Is a major line of defense in protecting the public against disease. Noti able disease :know what it is and some class examples. ** (should be able to look at 4 or 5 of them and know which ones are and which ones aren"t- example is sti"s. System was created to control spread of known disease but also aids in recognizing new disease. Importance has increased with threat of bioterrorism (ex: 9/11). Know about john snow and what he did to stop disease (he"s an epidemiologist). -> his method of mapping epidemic disease=still used today (he"s the father of epidemiology ).