ANTB15H3 Study Guide - James V. Neel, Epidemiological Transition, Blood Sugar
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* epidemiology the study of the health and disease patterns and their determinants and consequences in population groups. * the function of this theory: reflecting on the past can guide the future: 3 stages: The age of pestilence(epidemic disease) & famine. Quality of life might be suffered from various chronic disease: death rate decline first, then birth rate, population size increase over time, two constants: Economic: the assumption that economic development (higher standard of living) is what drives the birth/death rate decline. Natural destiny: the assumption that the epidemiological transition as a natural destiny of human society it s a path for all human society, sooner or later: omran"s postulates(assume): This model is continued to be used as if they constituted a theory of general validity. It becomes a technological tool for health care planning recently: recent trend in industrialized countries.
