Define Epidemiology

Epidemiology defined: The basic science of public health in which the causing factor, population, frequency, and relevant intervention is found in the case of an outbreak.

CTVNews released an article on September 7, 2016 regarding the findings in a study published in Jama Pediatrics. The study was conducted in the United States linking babies born by caesarean section (C-section) to an increased likelihood of becoming obese.1 C-section is a procedure used during high-risk pregnancies. This method of delivery is an option; however, it may be associated with negative health outcomes. The news story sheds light on the findings and illustrates a 15% increased likelihood of a child becoming obese when born by C-section instead of vaginal delivery.1 The heightened risk was primarily significant amongst siblings. The findings depict a 64% increased likelihood of becoming obese when born by C-section as opposed to siblings who are delivered vaginally.1 In addition, the news story details that vaginal births after previous C-section deliveries has a 31% less likelihood of the child becoming.1

6, 2013) 10. Epidemiology is the focus on addressing the importance of social characteristics (including gender, race, and social class), lifestyle, and the social and physical environment (including such things as employment status, stress, exposure to toxic substance, and participation in social networks) on disease and illness. ( ]Page 35 in the textbook) 11. An epidemiologist is a person who studies patterns of diseases or health risks in population groups, societies, and cultures.

They strive to answer the questions that many can’t. They breakdown where diseases have come from as well as why people get infected which will hopefully lead up to a cure for outbreaks. Extinction of fear is unrealistic in the world that we live in because at any given time a new outbreak can occur however, epidemiologist from my perception can help our levels of preparedness for future outbreaks and help the public decrease there overall levels of fear as we coexist together. After reading The Ghost Map, which took place during the outbreak of cholera in 1854 it, took epidemiologist John Snow to go door to door in order to retrace how the outbreak could have occurred. Due to his endurance to figure out what was the cause of the outbreak he was able to conclude that there was a direct connection between the pump and the cesspool at 40 Broad.

1. What is epidemiology? Epidemiology can be defined as the study of the occurrence, distribution, and determinants of diseases, injuries, and other health-related issues in specific populations (Katz, Jekel, Elmore,

It is critical to understand the epidemiology of such diseases that overcome a population. With this skill, it would enable health care managers to incorporate such skills to make proper evidence and population based decisions, especially when health resources are limited. In addition, finance, planning, quality issue assessments, and evidence based public health practice would be considered (Healey & Lesneksi, 2011). This can allow them to not only develop best practices, but to also share them through the health care system (Healey & Lesneksi, 2011).

Originally, epidemiology was a term that was used to describe the spread of infectious disease. Over the course of time, that definition has expanded considerably in order

Epidemiology is different from medical fields because it does not focus on one individual it focuses on a group. Epidemiology directly impacts public health. Epidemiology is centered on three factors in a population setting, the Host, the Agent, and the Environment. These three factors are part

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Epidemiology is the study of environmental and genetic influences on the prevalence of disease and injury (Rossignol, 2007, p. 1). Environmental influences include pollution, lifestyle choices, health care access, care quality, social factors, and workplace hazards. These and other factors help to determine geographic, social, and economic differences in health quality. Epidemiology is therefore the study of the underlying causes of disease and injury, and is a scientific discipline because the contributing factors are assumed to be identifiable and quantifiable.

Epidemiology is study of a distribution and determinants of health related events. The goal of epidemiology is to decrease the spread of a disease, to prevent the disease from spreading amongst a community. For this to be successful the epidemiologist gets knowledge on when and how the disease spread. Also how they will control and treat the patient.

The answers to these questions allow for making explicit comparisons between relevant intervention alternatives, the assumptions underlying different qualitative effects on mortality and morbidity, and the viewpoints or perspectives adopted by the evaluators (e.g., payer/budgetary, societal, community, etc.; Slade, 2016). In addition, economic evaluation can help researchers, programmers, and policy-makers to determine how future costs or benefits should be valued at the present time (Slade, 2016).

Epidemiology is a science and method of study of an epidemic. It is the scientific method to

A famous epidemiologist once said “Epidemiologist is like a bikini: what is revealed is interesting; what is concealed is crucial” (Duesberg). Epidemiology is the study of diseases and informs the public about health epidemics and new health standards put in place. A typical day for an epidemiologist is as follows: they usually work in laboratories, businesses, and offices where they discover many diseases and conduct research while also finding cures for new malignant diseases. Epidemiologist also focuses on medicine for example, they create new antibiotics for vicious diseases or create vaccines to help combat diseases. In order to become an epidemiologist, it would take 4 years as an undergraduate and obtain a Masters in Biology or Public Health. During high school, it is required to take 1 year of Biology and Chemistry or to obtain some kind of science background in order to help me get better prepared. In this paper, I will argue why I selected to pursue a career as an Epidemiologist based on prior knowledge and interest in public health & Biology, health epidemics and experiments/case studies.

Epidemiology is a medical science discipline that arranges the structure for studying the distribution and determinants of health, communicable disease, and circumstances related to health status. The epidemiology research help to understand in what means a person catch diseases, the changes, and how the disease affect the population. The nurses that work with these communities to help identify the onset of communicable diseases determine new victims, the patterns it spread, the causes or preventive methods are known as community or public health nursing (Maurer, Smith, 2013). The purpose of this paper is to explain on the concepts of a communicable disease “Chickenpox” with its own unique epidemiology and nursing research to this