Types of Epidemiology
a field of science that studies health problems within the population.
What is epidimiology?
a disease or illness that belongs to a specific person or population
what is endemic?
the 4 factors that make up the triangle developed for infectious diseases
What is host, time, infectious agent, and environment?
What is the chain of infection?
intervening before health effects occur
What is primary Prevention?
a type of epidemiology that looks into the causes and effects of a disease
What is analytical epidemiology?
a more than expected increase in the number of endemic class usually for a limited geographical area
What is outbreak?
Cause of diseases
what is infectious agent?
the path by which a pathogen leaves its host
What is portal of exit?
interventions to identify diseases in the early onset
a type of epidemiology that looks at the distribution of diseases in terms of place, person and time.
What is descriptive epidemiology?
a generally sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease above the normal expected level within a community
What is epidemic?
impacts the opportunity for expose
what is environment?
the path a pathogen uses to enter a new susceptible host
What is portal of entry?
for people affected by disease creating better quality of life
What is tertiary prevention?
the extent that a prevention does more good than harm.
What is efficacy?
a disease occuring in a scattered or isolated matter without geographical concentration
What is sporadic?
impacts the exposure susceptibility and response
what is host?
the habitat in which a bacteria or pathogen lives and grows in
What is reservoir?
intervention tools that do not require individual assistance to better the overall well being of people
What is passive primary prevention?
a model of disease causation that looks at the interrelated nature of factors that contribute to a disease
What is the Epidemiology Triangle?
an epidemic that had spread over multiple countries or continents and affects a large number of people
What is a pandemic?
the period from an infection
What is time?
the way a pathogen is able to travel in order to find a new host
What is mode of transmission?
intervention tools that require the help of individuals in order to be successful
what is active primary prevention?