CAS SO 215 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Echocardiography, Personality Disorder, Cancer Alley
24 Feb 2014
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Sociological enterprise- is the effort to explore the relationship between individual biography and social structure. Health is not simply a matter of biology but involves a number of factors that are cultural, political, economic, and especially social in nature! Incidence- number of new cases of a specific health disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time. Why john snow and 1854 cholera outbreak is important: acquaints you with the forefather of epidemiology and his approach. 2010 cholera outbreak in haiti struck nine months after january earthquake. First in the country"s recorded history: world"s largest cholera epidemic in recent decades. Disease paradigms from ghost map: miasma theory and contagen theory. Importance of education to health - by every measure, american adults with college education enjoy better health than those with lower levels of education. Enduring association of low ses with illness, disability and death has led link and.
