Basics of Epidemiology
A field of science that studies health problems within populations
What is Epidemiology
An ongoing disease in an area at a specified time
What is Endemic
Infectious agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Modes of Transmission, Portal of Entry, Susceptible Host
What is Chain of Infection
An individual that carries the illness (no signs and symptoms) and can pass them
What is Carrier
Preventing a disease from happening (health promotion, education, and protection)
What is Primary Prevention
Describes the who, what, when, and where if a disease
What is Descriptive Epidemiology
Disease that is abnormally high in a population
What is Epidemic
The habitat of the disease
What is Reservoir
An individual who is beginning to show symptoms and is contagious
What is Incubatory Carrier
Changes in behavior and lifestyle to prevent a disease
What is Active Primary Prevention
Describes the why and how the cause of a disease
What is Analytic Epidemiology
Disease occurring worldwide
What is Pandemic
How the disease exits the reservoir
What is Portal of Exit
An individual recovering from a disease but is still contagious
What is Convalescent Carrier
Changes in laws/regulations to prevent a disease
What is Passive Primary Prevention
How well something works in a perfect situation
What is Efficacy
Disease that arises from a single source
What is Common-Source
Direct and Indirect
What is Modes of Transmission
An individual that shows no signs or symptoms but is a carrier of the disease
What is a Healthy/Passive Carrier
Preventing a disease from further progressing into impairment
What is Secondary Prevention
How well something works in reality
What is Effectiveness
Disease that is transmitted by inanimate objects
What is Propagated
How the disease enters the host
What is Portal of Entry
Disease that is transferred by a living thing (bugs)
What is Vector-Borne Transmission
Delaying further disability through rehabilitation or therapy services
What is Tertiary Prevention