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NUR600 Week 1 Exam Latest Update What is Epidemiology? - Answer "Study of the distributions and dete rminants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems" Epidemiology is concerned with....... - Answer frequency and patte rn of health events in a population Distribution - Answer Frequency: number of events but in relati on to the size of the population Pattern: occurrence of health events according to time, pla ce, and person Frequency - Answer Refers to number of health events (number of cases of diabetes in a population) but also relationship of that number to the size of the population The resulting rate allows the comparison of disease occurrence across different populations Pattern - Answer Occurrence of health-related events by time, place, and person Descriptive Epidemiology - Answer Person: Who is getting sick? Place: Where is the sickness occurring? Time: When is the sickness occurring? Determinants - Answer Causes and other factors that influence the occurrence of diseases Illness is not a random event - Occurs because of the right combo of risk factors or predispos ing determining in an individual How is Epidemiology different? - Answer As a RN, focused on the person a s your patient An epidemiologist considers the community as the pat What does an Epidemiologist do? - Answer ○ Identifying the source of the problem ○ The number of people exposed (incidence, prevalence) ○ Who is at risk (odds and risk rates) ○ The potential for further spread in the communityThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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