The Core of Epidemiology
the field of science that studies events and states in terms of population in order to prevent and minimize health problems
What is Epidemiology?
a sudden increase in cases related to illness, behavior, and other health occurrences above the norm in a country or region
What is an epidemic?
the identification of certain disease, disorder, condition, or injury in an individual
What is a case?
the component that serves as a cause of a disease, such as a pathogen
What is an agent?
hindering the chances of getting a disease or disorder before it happens
What is primary prevention?
an event or condition that leads to a certain health-related consequence
What is cause?
an increase in cases related to illness, behavior, and other health occurrences that has spread to other countries, regions, and continents.
What is a pandemic?
the first identification of a disease in an individual within a population
What is the primary case?
a living thing that is susceptible to disease, such that a pathogen is able to enter and live inside the individual life form
What is a host?
detection of a disease or disorder before further complications or worsening
What is secondary prevention?
correlated with behavior, environment, human nature, this can cause negative health outcomes to increase
What is risk factor?
disease that is present consistently to only one population, usually in one area or region, such as malaria in some regions of Brazil or chickenpox in the UK
What is endemic?
What is a case definition?
is the surroundings which encompass a life form and plays a role in enabling the transmission of disease
What is the environment?
controlling any further damage done by a disease or disorder from reaching the level of disability
What is tertiary prevention?
the characterization of health-related occurrences or circumstances in regards to how they are distributed
What is descriptive epidemiology?
an epidemic in which infections are transmitted from person to person
What is a propagated epidemic?
when the first diseased/affected individual is shown to an epidemiologist, this is referred to as
What is an index case?
when a nonliving object has an infectious object on it, such as a keyboard, the object is addresses as a
What is a fomite?
a change in the behavior of an individual in order to prevent disease
What is active primary prevention?
the gauging of health-related occurrences and circumstances through the means of testing hypotheses, quantifying associations, and identifying causes
What is analytic epidemiology?
when an epidemic arises from an identified source, however is then spread from person to person
What is a mixed epidemic?
a person or group of people that demonstrate signs of exposure to a certain pathogen, however have not been diagnosed
What is a suspect case?
the duration or period of life in which the transmission and growth of a disease is made possible
What is time?
a part of an individual's lifestyle that does not require a change in behavior, however, contributes to the prevention of disease
What is passive primary prevention?