HTH 450 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Unintended Pregnancy, Notifiable Disease, Medicalization
23 May 2021
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To identify the etiology or cause of a condition: 2. To determine the extent of a condition (distribution - # of people and patterns with in: 3. To study the progression of a condition (particularly new disease: 4. To evaluate preventive and therapeutic measures for a condition: 5. Levels of prevention: primary: preventing a disease before it occurs (preventing exposure to risk factors, ex. Vaccines, physicals, exercise: secondary: preventing a disease that"s present even though no symptoms occur, ex. Regular mammograms - screenings: tertiary: managing or treating the disease (90% of medical care occurs here, ex. First" epidemiologist sporadic irregular interval of occurrence, mainly isolated: prior to him, people believed that metaphysical (spiritual) is what caused people to get sick. James lind scottish naval physician: conducted the first ever clinical trial, scurvy in sailors if left untreated it can cause a person to rot from the inside.
