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Epidemiology - Coggle Diagram
Epidemiology
DEFINITION : WHO DEFINITION
Study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in human population to enable health services to be planned rationally disease surveillance to be carried out and preventative and control programs to be implemented and evaluate
Data driven and relies on a systematic and unbiased approach to the collection, analysis and interpretation of data.
Tend to rely on careful observation and use of valid comparison groups to assess whether what was observed
DISTRIBUTION
FREQUENCY
Refers not only to the numbers of health events such as the number of cases of menigitis or diabetes in a population but also to the relationship of the number to the size of the population
PATTERNS
Refer to the occurrence of health-related events by times, place and person
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OBJECTIVES
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To evaluate both existing and new preventive and theraputic measure and modes of health care delivery
To provide the foundation for developing public policy and making regulatory decision relating to environment problems
OUTBREAK, PANDEMIC & EPIDEMIC
PANDEMIC : Global disease or an epidemic that affects a large proportion across a country or the world
EPIDEMIC : An occurrence of a group of illness at similar nature and derived from a common source, in excess of what would be normally expected in community
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