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| Multiple sick people within a populations |
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methodological
the back bone of public health |
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W.H.O.
World Health Organization as well |
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| A complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being |
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•Definition of public health |
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–organized effort –Intended to reduce of morbidity & mortality and improve health
•Core disciplines public health (CEPH / ASPH)
–Epidemiology–Biostatistics
–Health administration
–Behavioral sciences
–Environmental health sciences
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•Greek roots –epi = upon (as in “epidermis”) –demos = the people (as in “democracy”) –ology = “to speak of”, “to study”
•Modern definitions of epidemiology refer to –Distributions of
–Health determinants
–Disease and other health-related outcomes
–Populations
–Application in control of health problems
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| Roots (& Grafts) of Modern Epidemiology |
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1.Acute disease investigation
2.Medicine
3.Statistics
4.Social sciences
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5.Computer sciences
6.Managerial sciences
7.Genomics |
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| Roots (& Grafts) of Modern Epidemiology |
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1.Acute disease investigation
2.Medicine
3.Statistics
4.Social sciences
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5.Computer sciences
6.Managerial sciences
7.Genomics |
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Wake-up Calls
Over-optimism in 60’s and 70’s |
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•AIDS recognized
•Cholera in the southern hemisphere
•Legionnaire’s disease
•New forms of hepatitis
•Chlamydia and heart disease
•Hospital acquired infections
•Antibiotic resistance
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•Analytic epidemiology Exposure Pandemic
•Descriptive epidemiology John Snow Population
•Determinant Morbidity Prevention of disease
•Distribution Mortality Risk
•Epidemic Natural experiment Risk assessment
•Epidemiologic transition Observational science Risk factor
•Epidemiology Outcome Uses of epidemiology |
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•What is ethics?•Branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct
•What is medical ethics?•Moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine
•What is ethics in epidemiology?•Appropriate conduct toward patients, profession, and public
•Why do we need ethics?•Mengele and Nazi doctors, USPHS and Tuskegee syphilis, Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital and cancer cells, Willowbrook State Hospital and hepatitis,
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