HST250H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Content Analysis, Symbolic Interactionism, Analytic Induction
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Epidemiology is the distribution and patterns of health-events, health-characteristics and their causes or influences in well-defined population. Disease surveillance and screening (monitoring spread and virulence) Measurement of body burden of toxic chemical compounds and inorganic elements or their metabolites, often in blood and urine samples (biomonitoring) and. Comparison of treatment effects (clinical trials, policy evaluation. In analyzing an outbreak, the term epidemiologic triad is used to describe intersections of: Epidemic: disease that occurs in a community region or population in excess of ordinary. Endemic: constant presence of disease in a given geographic area o population group. Pandemic: disease that spreads across" population among different populations, occurrence, or constant presence. Syndemic: two or more diseases in a community, region, or population which interact to worsen health effects and contribute to burden of disease. Rates are a measure of the intensity with which disease events occur within a defined time period.