Epidemiologists, Lab Technicians, registered nurses, physicians, managerial staff and support staff are all involved in public health. Public health registered nurses help to assess patients, conduct surveys and evaluate possible reasons or sources for an illness. Physicians not only treat the patient, but also provide vital components such as symptoms, timing and continually update public health officials on new related cases. Epidemiologists analyzes, collect, and forms hypotheses based on lab data, then relays reports and discoveries to nurses, physicians and public health officials. Laboratory employees are in charge of handling sample and running several test to determine types of infections, concentration of bacteria, and other lab related
This paper will discuss the communicable disease influenza. It will discuss the causes, symptoms, and treatments, as well as the demographics of interest. It will also discuss the determinants of health and how these factors contribute to the development of influenza. Included in this paper will be information on host, agent, and environmental factors. Lastly it will explain the role of the community health nurse in caring for those affected with influenza and the role they play in education and prevention.
Epidemiology is the study of diseases and informs the public about the health epidemics and new standards put in place. They usually work in laboratories, businesses, and offices where they work on discovering many diseases and conducting research while also finding cures to new diseases. In order to become an epidemiologist, I will have undergo through 4 year as an undergraduate and obtain a Masters in Biology or Public Health. In high school, it is recommended for me take Biology, Chemistry or to have some type of science background in order to help me get best prepared. In this paper I will discuss the history of epidemiology, the pathway to get to this career, and why this job/career will be the best fit for me.
Epidemiology is an interesting subject, and having spent a significant amount of time learning about it, I feel as though I can apply this information to my life and to my future career. A proper understanding of the concepts of epidemiology, disease screening, and disease processes are essential to my career as a nurse. Understanding a disease as a whole allows one to understand its treatment, spread, and origin. Nurses are patient advocates and are responsible for providing education to their patients and their families. Understanding epidemiology will allow me to protect myself and to protect my patients with understanding disease and seeking to prevent it.
Reflect on your short experience as an epidemiologist. What do you think of this line of work? What surprised you about the steps that were taken? What surprised you about the source of the contamination?
This same climate also creates the wet, green environment that increases the prevalence of ticks.
Descriptive epidemiology is defined as the method in which data is collected and analyzed to improve understanding of factors that lead to a disease. The three specific data points that are evaluated and classified are; time, place and person (CDC, n.d.). The module 3 case assignment will look at the epidemiology pattern of Lyme disease to include statistics on affected persons in the United States, areas with high incidence and the time frame of signs and symptoms that occur with the progression of the disease.
These are circumstances in which people are born, the way they live, grow up and work. The most important determinants TB include the socioeconomic inequalities, high levels of population mobility and growth in the community. The risk factors for TB play a role in community with poor ventilation, large crowds in the homes and workplaces. There’s also fear of lack of support within the community. Strengthening social protection and strengthen the communities could be an intervention along with social protection and financial support.
Epidemiology studies the distribution "of health events in populations and the determinants or the factors that influence those patterns" (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014, p. 151). It can be used to see if a disease is more prevalent in women or men. At one time, epidemiology was only used to study certain widespread infections such as tuberculosis or cholera. Not only does it now involve many different types of infections, it also includes chronic diseases, mental health events, violence, and positive health states. Some key contributions epidemiology has made in the science of public health are: "the understanding of factors that contribute to health and disease, the development of health promotion and disease prevention measures, the detection
In doing this career project I found out a lot of things about myself. I learned all the different personality traits that I have and all of the values that I need to be happy in a job. I was surprised at how different the results were from what I expected. I thought this would send me more towards childhood development and teaching, but it was more towards medicine areas and general health with things like being a Pharmacist, Family practitioner, and an Epidemiologist. Through all of this exploration I found out that these careers may be something I want to do later in life and this project really helped open my eyes to what I should look into verses what I thought I wanted to to do.
Different studies are used in epidemiology to give information. One of these studies is experimental study. Conducting experimental studies in the field of epidemiology is very important. Experimental studies are very limited to bias. (Chamberlain University, 2018).
Throughout my college career, I have taken courses in: epidemiology, organic chemistry, microbiology, infectious diseases, biostatistics, and public health. All my courses have helped me establish a broad and expansive understanding of public health and the multiple fields that it consists of/overlaps with. In the infectious disease course, which I completed this past semester, there was a focus on the microbiology lab techniques used in identifying disease, including: equipment, mediums, and chemical reagents used to do so. The course also focused on the biology of infectious diseases including immune responses and treatment/prevention and how that relates to identifying them in a lab setting as well as the public health implications. My epidemiology
According to Magnuson and Paul (2014), public health laboratories also play a critical role in disease surveillance. In the following, we will compare public health laboratories with clinical and commercial
Epidemiological studies are utilize to identify risk factors of diseases in populations. Knowledge of these risk factors is used to conduct further investigation and to implement intervention preventions. Since there is a global rise in human infectious diseases outbreaks, it is important to understand the methods of epidemiology, in order to understand the dynamics of diseases. In the synthetic epidemic study, we performed an experiment to develop an intervention to prevent the spread of disease. The hypothesis mentioned, if 9 subjects (50%) use two squirts of hand sanitizer and rub it in until dry there will be a 20% decrease in the spread of synthetic disease glo-germ. Materials such as, noninfectious cornstarch and one infectious corn starch was distributed among classmates to further investigate how diseases are spread and its prevalence in a certain population. Students shook treated hands with random classmates, which later concluded that from one single infection, 55% percent of the class became infected. It was expected that Purell alcohol-based hand sanitizer would decrease the spread of the disease however our hypothesis was not supported since there was an increase among the infectious population of 66%. It can be concluded that, since microorganism are invisible to the naked eye, modes of transmission can occur indirectly without awareness.
As a child, I always wanted to become a doctor; hence I opted for dentistry. I loved studying it, perhaps an academic subject name Public Health Dentistry, changed my views towards the life. Epidemiology was one of its core parts. I was so much impressed by this subject as it is a source for knowing preventive measures and precautions for any disease, hence I decided that after completing dentistry I will make my path towards epidemiology. Since then, I often thought about the causes and the prevention of various diseases. I have been a professional and a volunteer participant in Health related camps; also I have conducted few types of researches. Hence, to culminate my plans, I should put myself in a rich scholastic program, particularly Public Health, concentrating in epidemiology. The School of Health Sciences will furnish me with the quality education,
My main reason to apply for this scholarship is to improve the evidence-based clinical practice in the hospital. Right now Indonesia government is working toward developing universal health coverage through the national insurance company (BPJS). The BPJS obligate the hospital and other health care provider to fill the insurance patient data in P-care online system. If this data is properly managed, this large data has potential usage for epidemiological study. Through this scholarship, I will obtain in-depth skills in clinical epidemiology. I will also gain networking and collaboration experience with an epidemiological expert from Australia. With these skills, I wish to develop a system to use the P-care online database for clinical epidemiology