Obesity in America Many people would say obesity is a huge problem in America. Obesity has always been around but‚ until recently it wasn’t very common in the population. The percentage of obese citizens in America has dramatically risen in the last decade. Obesity is very dangerous and unhealthy and can lead to many diseases. The 3 main causes of obesity in America are lack of physical activity‚ low quality diet‚ and genetics. Lack of physical activity is one cause of obesity in America. Cars
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1 BUILDING A ROADMAP FOR HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTEROPERABILITY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH (Public Health Uses of Electronic Health Record Data) WHITE PAPER 2007 2 CONTENTS List of Authors: PHDSC - IHE Task Force Participants ……………………………………3 Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………5 What is Public Health?....................................................................................................6 Mission……………………………………………………………………………………..……..6 Stakeholders……………………………………………………………………………
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sars_1_sars-outbreak-hong-kong-s-hospital-authority-mysterious-respiratory-disease?_s=PM:HEALTH WHO: SARS outbreaks contained World Health Organization: Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response. (2003). Consensus document on the epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/csr/sars/WHOconsensus.pdf
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Originated on July 1‚ 1946 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention settled in Atlanta‚ Georgia. The initial goal for this agency was field investigation‚ training and control of communicable diseases. Established with a modest budget‚ and fewer than 400 employees‚ the majority being engineers and entomologists‚ the agency encouraged its staff to expand their work within public health. Known today as the nation’s premiere health promotion‚ prevention and preparedness agency‚ the Center
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The average American was susceptible to many infectious diseases during the 1800’s. Because the spread of disease and pathology itself were not adequately understood until the late 1800’s(major epidemics continued to occur into the 1900’s‚ however)‚ and the practice of medicine was relatively primitive‚ the average life expectancy was very low. Many epidemics occurred in the new and thriving industrial centers of America‚ where rapid urbanization had not provided for adequate sanitation or living
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The Search for better health – notes on all parts except first hand pracs • Discuss difficulties in defining the terms health and disease. Health is defined as the complete physical‚ physiological‚ mental and social wellbeing of an organism. It is not merely the absence of disease. Disease can be defined as a state which prevents correct functioning or impairs bodily function. It is difficult to define these terms as they are very subjective and dynamic‚ i.e. they differ from person
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http://www.zjufarm.com/advances-of-2010-for-the-treatment-of-cardiovascular-diseases.htm Tuomilehto‚ J.‚ Morelos‚ S.‚ Yason‚ J.‚ Guzman‚ S‚ & Geizerova‚ H. (1984). Trends in Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality in the Philippines.International Journal of Epidemiology‚ 13(2)‚ 168-176. World Health Organization‚ (2002). Smoking Statistics. Retrieved February 9‚ 2011‚ from http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20020528.htm
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health surveillance. Measurements of health Health is generally measured in negative terms‚ such as the level of disease and the number of deaths within a population‚ rather than by analysis of positive indicators‚ such as the presence of health. Epidemiology is the study of disease origins or cause and how much information about the number of people within a population. Epidemiological data provides valuable information about the number of people a population that are affected by ill health‚ who die
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Basics of Epidemiology Research PA R T 2 Measuring Disease Occurrence I N C I D E N C E A N D P R E VA L E N C E Measuring Disease Occurrence What do you think you need to quantify (measure) disease occurrence? The number of people affected The total number of people in the population that the affected people came from The length of time that population is followed Basic Measures Incidence Prevalence Incidence Cumulative incidence = Number of new cases occurring over a specified
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References: Harris‚ Randall. E. 2013. Epidemiology of chronic disease: global perspectives. Burlington‚ MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Nuovo‚ Jim. 2007. Chronic disease management. New York‚ NY: Springer.
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