Epidemiology Paper Betsy Rangel NUR/408 April 11‚ 2012 Professor Karen Harriman Epidemiology Paper Epidemiology is important to communities because it studies health and diseases to determine where they come from‚ educate on ways to stop epidemics from taking place or the spread of certain diseases. Epidemiology has also taken on the study of health in such things as heart disease‚ cancer‚ HIV/AIDs‚ etc and has formed education materials to be able to educate the community‚ cities‚ states
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infection that can cause serious complications and is potentially life threatening arising from the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). This paper will provide an overview of hepatitis B‚ including demographic information‚ determinants of health‚ the epidemiological triangle‚ the role of the community health nurse and a national organization that addresses the communicable disease. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by HBV; the infection can be classified as acute or chronic (Daniel‚ 2014). An
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through descriptive epidemiology‚ the rising disease of obesity and will focus on the teen and adolescent population of the United States. This paper will also define and discuss the purpose of epidemiology‚ the methods of the science‚ the epidemiological triangle‚ and the relationship of the disease to various levels of prevention. Epidemiology “Epidemiology has been defined as ‘the study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related states or events in specified populations‚ including the
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epidemiology in this paper with be teens and pregnancy. This paper will explore the role of epidemiology in HPV and teenagers and the contributing factors. This paper will also discuss the definition and purpose of epidemiology‚ epidemiological methods‚ the epidemiological triangle‚ and levels of preventions that is related with HPV and teenagers. Epidemiology is importance to public health in relation to disease prevention and health promotion. According to Stanhope & Lancaster (2008)‚ epidemiology
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evaluate them. Overall‚ the reader is meant to gain a greater understanding of the diverse characteristics of epidemiology and the way they correlate to community nursing. By analyzing the epidemiology of RMSF‚ the reader should be able to apply an epidemiological analysis to other diseases and determine a proper course of action in relation to prevention‚ maintenance‚ and eradication. RMSF can be a life-threatening disease that causes damage to the body’s blood vessels‚ tissues‚ and organs. Once the
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allowing nurses to study and identify risk factors that may be present in a particular vulnerable population‚ such as teens. This paper will discuss the purpose and definition of epidemiology‚ different methods used in epidemiology and the epidemiological triangle‚ and various levels of prevention in relation
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Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases HIV or the Human Deficiency virus is like other viruses including the flu‚ but the one thing that makes this virus so different than any other is that the body is unable to clear this one out completely. Once someone is infected‚ there is no cure. Over time‚ HIV can also hide or mask itself in the body’s cells. The cells within a person’s body that fight off infection are called CD4 cells or T cells. HIV attacks these cells and copies or replicates itself inside
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss tuberculosis (TB)‚ provide a clinical description‚ and discuss the determinants of health in relation to TB and the role and tasks of the community health nurse in regards to the disease. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚ a bacterium that usually affects the victim’s lungs and is spread through the air. TB spreads from one community or country to another as people travel or through immigration to new areas. Today’s modern world of
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necessary‚ as is differentiation from chickenpox‚ as confusion is possible on clinical grounds. For this purpose‚ scabs of the lesions are sent‚ without transport medium‚ to the diagnostic laboratory. Electron microscopic examination of this material allows the differentiation of orthopox- and herpesviruses. The poxviruses can be detected in more than 95% of the scabs‚ whereas varicella-zoster virus is detected in only half of the material from cases of chickenpox‚ meaning that electron microscopy negative
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Epidemiology NUR 408 Epidemiology Public health nursing allows nurses to encounter various vulnerable populations on a daily basis. In particular‚ the elderly make up a large portion of the population‚ and their vulnerability to the environment and other physical factors is a very important aspect of public health nursing. Epidemiology allows the public health nurse to study and assess vulnerable populations‚ including the elderly‚ and create interventions that maximize the health potential
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