Gov role, and controversies in PH
This is the main governing body in South Carolina responsible for promoting and protecting the health of the public and the environment
What is DHEC?
The study of disease incidence and distribution
What is epidemiology?
This is the organism causing illness in the host
What is a pathogen?
This is a factor that increases the likelihood of developing a chronic disease
What is a chronic disease risk factor?
This is the rate of new cases of disease
What is incidence rate?
This is the primary agency responsible for funding and performing biomedical research
What is the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This type of study involves implementing some sort of intervention (e.g., medication, exercise regimen etc.) and comparing results from that group to a placebo group
Intervention/experiment
What do Koch's postulates seek to establish?
With this, we see a shift from mortality due to infectious disease to chronic disease
What is epidemiological transition?
This rate indicates the number of existing cases of disease in a given population
What is prevalence?
This is the main assessment and epidemiological agency for the US
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
This type of study investigates all current exposures and health outcomes at one point in time. It also can be considered a "snap-shot" look
What is cross-sectional?
This is the warning system the alerts the community that a new disease has appeared
What is epidemiological surveillance?
Tobacco/smoking and poor diet/lack of physical activity are these
What are the leading causes of preventable death?
This is the usual rate of disease in an area
What is endemic?
This constitutional amendment places the burden of public health responsibility on the states
What is the 10th amendment?
This type of study categorizes people based on their disease status (yes/no) and investigates previous exposures that could be related
What is case-control?
This occurs when you successfully vaccinate the majority of the population against a particular disease
What is heard immunity?
This is the long-term study investigating risk factors for heart disease
This is the measure of association for a cohort study
What is relative risk?
This agency is the primary responsibility for federal public health activities
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
This type of study is characterized by subjects (all healthy at the time the study begins) being questioned regarding their exposures, and then followed through time to see how disease develops
What is cohort?
This is the role public health plays in infectious disease
What is interrupting the chain of infection?
This is the level of prevention often effective for managing chronic disease risk factors
What is secondary prevention?
This is the measure of association for a case-control study?
What is an odds ratio?