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1. Epidemiologic thinking: numerator ÷ denominator ÷ time
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- 1What is Epidemiology?• The study of how much 'dis-ease" occurs in groups (or populations) and of the factors that determine differences in dis-ease occurrence between different groups.
• Epidemiology is a bit like detective work in that we try to find out why and how disease occurs.
Epidemiology is about measuring health, identifying the causes of dis-ease and intervening to improve health (the state of physical, mental and social well-being). - 2Define dis-ease.• Encompasses any health-related event (e.g. An injury, heart attack, a death) or health-related state (e.g. Diabetes, a disability, a raised blood pressure, or quality of life).
• It is easier to measure negative events or states such as death and disease than measuring degrees of positive states.
• Epidemiologists count dis-ease occurrences. - 3Define Dis-ease Occurencetransition from a non-dis-eased state to a dis-eased state
- 4Epidemiological studies are measurement exercises involving the collection of data that can be counted or quantified. Quantitative data can be classified as:Categorical- data that is group into categories
Numerical- data that can take on numerical values. - 5__________ is a group of people who share a specified common factor.Population
- 6A population is a group of people who share a specified common factor. The factor could be:§ Geographic
§ Demographic
§ Time period
§ Disease
§ Behaviour
§ A combination of all factors - 7How is the dis-ease occurrence calculated?
- 8How to age standardise
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