Epidemiology in the Elderly with Heart Disease Epidemiology in the Elderly with Heart Disease Public health promotes healthy living for each community through epidemiology. Disease prevention and control is the common goal of epidemiology‚ nursing practice‚ and public health. “Epidemiology is the study of the population in order to monitor the health of the population‚ understand the determinants of health and disease in the community‚ and investigate and evaluate interventions
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After signs/symptoms have improved during convalescent phases Clinical stage: when signs/symptoms appear (usual time of diagnosis) Recovery‚ Morbidity (illness)‚ or Mortality (death) Carrier – doesn’t appear ill but has the infection Epidemiologic triangle Shows relationship b/w these 3 as a function of TIME (latency period + duration) AGENT (causes disease) Microbes; risk factors ENVIRONMENT (external factors that cause/allow the disease to spread Contaminated water; blood Weather
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cancer‚ cardiovascular diseases‚ diabetes etc. Previously‚ in our community we referred to these diseases as the “rich man” diseases‚ because it was the diseases of the affluence‚ meaning people in higher socioeconomic status. However‚ recent epidemiologic indicators show that these diseases are now common to the poorer communities than the affluent societies. How? Why? What are risk
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Communicable Disease HCS 457 September 24‚ 2012 Heather Steiner Communicable Disease Tuberculosis is a communicable disease that affects a person’s lungs. Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium. Untreated TB can be fatal‚ in the past TB was the leading cause of death in the United States. There are two TB related conditions that exit: latent TB infection and Active TB infection. TB can be transmitted to others when an infected person coughs or sneezes
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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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Chickenpox Talitha Marquez Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V Colleen Darrow June 7‚ 2014 Chickenpox Communicable Diseases are transmitted from one person to the next. The transmission occurs via airborne viruses or bacteria‚ but may also be transmitted through bodily fluids or blood. Communicable diseases may also be referred to as contagious or infectious diseases. One communicable disease is Chickenpox‚ also known as Varicella-Zoster Virus. Chickenpox is extremely
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Levels of Prevention Public health focuses on prevention emphasizing conditions and diseases affecting an entire population hoping to improve community health. The public health community changed attitudes toward family violence. For years‚ family violence was seen as a private issue‚ but in 1979‚ the Surgeon General of the United States called the public health community to arms‚ identifying the devastating effects of family violence. The premise is that violent behavior‚ and associated consequences
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Diseases such as viral hepatitis‚ influenza and tuberculosis till are one of the leading causes of death. Having the proper use of vaccines‚ medications (antibiotics)‚ along with screening and testing will help the diseases from advancing and even spreading. Saving the buck by staying up to date on vaccines
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EPIDEMOLOGY Chicken pox (varicella) is a communicable disease where the patients presents with itchy red spots and or blisters that form over the body. This disease is common in children‚ but not uncommon for adults to contact the disease. The populations with compromised immune systems‚ like pregnant women‚ infants and adolescents and adults‚ have a hard time fighting the infection. Due to the extreme contagious nature of the disease patient may need to limit contact with the community. Children
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epidemiology will facilitate the discussion. Routine data such as demographics‚ census‚ birth‚ death‚ and surveillance records‚ and research data such as medical and health records‚ will bring pertinent information to the study. The Epidemiological Triangle and which type of epidemiology study that was used will be explored. A description of the relationship of the disease levels of prevention will conclude the paper. Diabetes Type Two Adult According to "Healthy People.gov" (2012)‚ “Diabetes
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