Cardiovascular: of or relating to the heart and blood vessels Epidemiology: the branch of medicine dealing with the incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations and with detection of the source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease. Institution: the building devoted to such work. Summarize
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY This essay aims to use the principles of epidemiology to describe the problem of adolescent pregnancy and demonstrate its significance and impact as a public health problem. In the same wise applying epidemiological principles the determinants of teenage pregnancy are identified and an attempt is made to conceptualise the interplay between the socioeconomic environments and the biological factors in giving rise to the problem and influencing the life course
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Health. Epidemiology and management of common skin diseases in children in developing countries. 2005. WHO/FCH/CAH/05.12. 2. Growing awareness of skin diseases. Bull of WHO. 2005;83:881–968. PubMed. 3. Ajao AO‚ Akintunde C. Studies on the prevalence of tinea capitis in Ile-IfeNigeria. Mycopathol. 1985;98:43–48. PubMed. 4. Odueko DM‚ Onayeni O‚ Oyedeji U. a prevalence survey of skin diseases in Nigerian children. Nig J of Med. 2001;10:64–67. PubMed. 5. Ngwogu A‚ Otokunefo TV. Epidemiology of dermatophytoses
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dalimss EV.S PROJECT Disease caused by the Environmental exposure MADE BY- [Type the author name] [Year] Environmental Diseases In epidemiology‚ environmental disease is disease caused by environmental factors that are not transmitted genetically or by infection. Apart from the true monogenic genetic disorders‚ environmental diseases may determine the development of disease in those genetically predisposed to a particular condition. Stress‚ physical and mental abuse‚ diet‚ exposure
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology‚ 34(10)‚ 1042-1047. doi:10.1086/673142 Quach‚ C.‚ Milstone‚ A. M.‚ Perpête‚ C.‚ Bonenfant‚ M.‚ Moore‚ D. L.‚ & Perreault‚ T. (2014). Chlorhexidine Bathing in a Tertiary Care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Impact on Central Line--Associated Bloodstream Infections. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology‚ 35(2)‚ 158-163. doi:10.1086/674862 Tedja‚ R.‚ Gordon‚ S. M.‚ Fatica‚ C.‚ & Fraser‚ T. G. (2014). The Descriptive Epidemiology of Central Line--Associated
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rules the universe‚" and the Pythagoreans gave numerical values to many objects and ideas. These numerical values‚ in turn‚ were endowed with mystical and spiritual qualities. The Pythagoreans discovered irrational numbers. If an isosceles right triangle is taken with legs of measure 1‚ the hypotenuse
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demonstrate that a rapid and reliable alternative is available‚ namely‚ asking the people. Qualitative research methods‚ borrowed mainly from anthropology‚ are now increasingly used in health research and these are leading to the discovery of more about epidemiology and the spread of certain
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Public Health Michelle Payden-Wright HCS/457 January 5‚ 2015 Christine Tredway Public Health How has the approach to public health changed over the last 200 years? Which events or movements in public health and epidemiology were most influential? Why? There has been an enormous change in the way public health approaches health care over the past 200 years. There is an article in Philly.com that discusses how 222 years ago in 1798 approximately “ten percent of the Philadelphia population was succumbed
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Modern Epidemiology focuses on proximate risk factors that can be controlled at the individual level‚ but tends to ignore the social conditions that are largely responsible for diseases. This has led to incomplete understanding and underestimation of the influence of social determinants on health. According to Link and Phelan (1995) the social determinants are the ’Fundamental causes’ of diseases. The social factors that are linked to illness include race‚ socioeconomic status‚ gender and stress
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I am particularly interested in research with regard to Health Care Epidemiology. Studying it at the advanced level‚ understanding the interconnection between the prevalence‚ frequency and determinant of a disease in a population set will augment my knowledge base‚ exponentially. Eventually‚ as a qualified epidemiologist‚ I
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