NR 503 2024/2025
epidemiology - ️️ - The science of public health. study of distribution and
determinants of health-related states among specified populations and the application of
that study to the control of health problems
Population health - ️️ - Focuses on risk, data, demographics...
epidemiology - ✔️✔️- The science of public health. study of distribution and
determinants of health-related states among specified populations and the application of
that study to the control of health problems
Population health - ✔️✔️- Focuses on risk, data, demographics and outcomes
Outcome - ✔️✔️- the end result of an intervention
Aggregate - ✔️✔️- defined population
community - ✔️✔️- composed of multiple aggregates
Prevalance - ✔️✔️- measures the existence of all current cases within a timeframe
Incidence - ✔️✔️- measures the appearance of all new cases within a time frame
surveillance - ✔️✔️- collection, analysis, dissemination of data
High risk - ✔️✔️- increased chance of a poor outcome
Morbidity - ✔️✔️- presence of illness or disease
mortality - ✔️✔️- related to tracking of deaths within an aggregate
Primary prevention - ✔️✔️- intervening before health effects occur through measures
such as vaccination, altering risky behavior (poor eating habits, tobacco use) and
banning substances known to be associated with a disease or health condition.
Secondary prevention - ✔️✔️- screening to identify disease in their earliest stages,
before the onset of s/sx, through measures such as mammography and bp testing
, Tertiary prevention - ✔️✔️- managing disease post diagnosis to slow or stop disease
progression through measures such as chemo, rehab, screening for complications
Interprofessional collaboration - ✔️✔️- When physicians, pharmacists, educators, etc.
work together to improve the quality of care of patients
Quantitative data - ✔️✔️- described in numbers and shows how often and to what
degree something occurs. Objective, standardized and easily analyzed (statistics,
survey data, records, archival dates)
Qualitative data - ✔️✔️- described in words and explains why. Answers "why" or "why
not" or "what does it mean". Subjective (focus groups, key informant interviews, case
studies, storytelling, and observations)
Vital statistics - ✔️✔️- # Birth rates, death rates, . Quantitative data
Social justice - ✔️✔️- Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunity, and
privileges within a society
Health inequalities - ✔️✔️- Differences in health status or in the distribution of health
determinants between different populations
morbidity - ✔️✔️- the rate of disease in a population
mortality - ✔️✔️- the # of deaths in a given period for a particular disease
Cases - ✔️✔️- an instance of disease or problem
Determinants of health - ✔️✔️- personal, social, economic, and environmental factors
that influence health status
Risk analysis - ✔️✔️- process of identifying and analyzing potential issues that
negatively impact health
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