PBHL 3101 Midterm: EPI-1 EXAM review

• School: Temple University
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PBHL 3101
• Professor: Dr.Moscicki

Document Summary

Epidemiology-is covered with the distribution and determinates of health and diseases, morbidity, injuries, disability, and mortality in populations. Epidemiology is one of the basic sciences of public health; epidemiologic methods a are applied to a variety of public health fields. Epidemiologist quantity health outcomes by using statistics, expose causal relationships between exposures and health outcomes. Exposures- are related to detriments, which pertain either to contact with a disease-causing factor or to the amount of the factor that impinges upon a group or individuals. Determinants- any factor that brings about change in a health condition or other defined characteristics. Primary prevention- aims to prevent the disease or injury before it occurs. Secondary prevention- aims to reduce the impact of a disease injury that has already occurred. this is done by detecting and treating the disease or injury as soon as possible.