Epidemiology

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

5. Explain what is meant by the following components of the definition of epidemiology: To begin answering the question, I first want to define epidemiology. Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations (Friis, 2017). a. determinants. Determinants is defined as being an event, characteristic, status, or risk factor that can change a health state. Determinants can be biology and genetics, social environment, physical environment

What if as a society we began to focus more on preventing chronic disease rather than treating them after onset? This is the question that has driven my interest in public health. My first true introduction to public health came in an Epidemiology class I took my junior year at Portland State University. It became apparent to me that chronic diseases are now our worlds biggest burden, particularly cardiovascular disease and cancer, and that the health of our world against these diseases begins with

after the first couple of days, I found myself struggling to pay attention in that class. What else was on my mind you may ask? I was concurrently taking a course in epidemiology. A class that soon filled my head with an abundance of questions that I couldn’t wait to get answered. No other class had captured my interest like that epidemiology course. After taking

Epidemiology Epidemiology is the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health (Schneider, 8). In 1847, a Viennese obstetrician by the name of Ignac Semmelweis discovered the importance of handwashing in a hospital setting (Gawande, 15). Before the discovery of antibiotics, childbed fever was the number one cause of maternal death in childbirth. Semmelweis realized by not washing their hands, doctors were the

The main purpose/focus of analytic epidemiology is to thoroughly research, analyze and/or test predictions and possibilities of exposures to diseases as well as hypothesis outcomes.. The analytic area of epidemiology focuses on answering the why and how questions. This method/area helps determine what caused the disease. Two main factors are exposure and outcome. The two primary categories that the analytic method utilizes is experimental and observational studies to test the hypothesis. Experimental

Epidemiology is the field of amazement. It is my utmost desire to pursue my Ph.D. in Epidemiology. What if people lived a healthier life, practice preventive medicine, have precautions against the disease or illness. In my life, I always wanted to help the people, in fact, I want to help a large number of people, emphasizing the prevention and primary care rather than curative care, in my opinion, it is more challenging. During my undergraduate course in M.B.B.S (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of

Descriptive epidemiology compares data in reference to person (who is getting the disease), place (where the disease is occurring), and time (range of period for the disease) elements. Each of these factors are complex and involves many subunits to describe them. For example, the person category can be examined by age, gender, race, marital status, occupation and location (Merrill, 2017, p. 92). Of the three categories, person may be the most utilized in epidemiology. It is important to identify

At a young age, I grew an interest for Epidemiology. Coming from a family with a history of obesity and diabetes, I have always been curious and felt the need to understand the cause of global diseases and their burden on society. Throughout my life, I lived in fear that those closest to me would soon pass. Given the opportunity to wake up every day healthy, I feel like it is my responsibility to cure the world of diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and obesity. Unaware of what needed

During this assignment, I will be exploring the epidemiology of an infectious disease found on the Public Health Agency of Canada website known as Pertussis. This particular disease is also known as Whooping Cough due to the sound made while inhaling during a coughing spell. The information contained in this report will be taken from the Public Health Agency of Canada’s website which can be found at http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca. SUMMARY ABOUT PERTUSSIS AGENT OF DISEASE Pertussis is caused by “bordetella