Transmission
The way in which the illness/disease moves on to a new host
What is the mode of transmission?
Shows interaction and interdependence of the agent, host, and environment
What is the Epidemiology Triangle?
This level of prevention can include a way to improve quality of life by reducing, limiting, or delaying any complications
What is Tertiary Prevention?
Is a person in a population who has been identified as having a particular disease, disorder, injury or condition
What is a case?
Total number of people with a disease in a population at a point in time
What is prevalence?
This model displays the cycle of the host, agent, and environment
What is the Epidemiology Triangle?
The cause of a disease
What is an infectious agent?
Intervening before an accident, injury, or illness even occurs.
What is Primary Prevention?
In an epidemic, the first disease case in the population is called
What is the Primary Case?
The total number of infant death in a certain year given within a population
What is infant death rate?
Involves direct contact between an infected host and a susceptible host
What is Direct Transmission?
A human or animal that is susceptible to the disease
What is a host?
Detecting a disease or issue early on and preventing it from getting worse
What is Secondary Prevention?
The first disease brought to the attention of the epidemiologist is called
What is Index Case?
Total number of deaths from a certain year in a population/group
What is Specific Mortality Rates?
What is a cause?
Conditions external to the human or animal that cause or allow disease transmission
What is environment?
Skin on skin contact, or touching/intercourse
What are types of direct transmission?
A person who gets sick after a disease is introduced to the population and is a result of the primary case is called
What is the Secondary Case?
Average total of deaths from any cause in a given year
What is crude mortality rate?
A behavior, environmental exposure, or inherent human characteristic that increases the chance of developing an adverse health outcome
What is a Risk Factor?
The incubation period, life expectancy of the host or pathogen and duration of the course of the illness or condition
What is time?
A way of transmission that involves contaminated water or is air borne
What is indirect contact?
Ensures that cases are consistently diagnosed regardless of where or when they were identified
What is a Case Definition?
Number of new cases in the average total of the population within a 1 year time period
What is incidence?