The 2009 H1N1 influenza (flu) was first detected in California‚ in the United States in April 2009‚ according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC‚ 2010). By mid-April the same year‚ two other patients 130 miles apart were identified to have the virus. This raised concern that the virus was rapidly spreading and posing a major threat to the human population. The same cases were also reported in Canada and Mexico. On April 25‚ 2009‚ the director general of World health Organization
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Running head: EPIDEMIOLOGY Epidemiology Epidemiology Maintenance and restoration of health in collaboration with the prevention and treatment of illness is imperative to the health of the public. Contemporary medicine incorporates science‚ research‚ and technology not only to maintain and restore health‚ but also to prevent and treat illness. A holistic approach is necessary to the success of public health and must integrate epidemiologic theory and principles at the foundation (Stanhope
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Epidemiology concerned with distribution and determinants of health and diseases morbidity‚ injuries‚ disability and mortality in population groups not among individuals. Often referred to as population medicine. Epidemiologic studies are applied to control health problems in populations. Concerned with efforts to describe explain predict and control. Determinants- are factors or events that are capable of bringing about a change in health. Examples are specific biologic agents that are associated
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Discuss issues of reliability and validity associated with the classification and diagnosis of phobic disorders (8 + 16 marks) A phobia is a persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable which must meet a set of criteria given in the DSM. A clinical diagnosis is made if there is no other possible physiological cause and if the symptoms cannot be better accounted for by another disorder. The individual also recognises their behaviour is unreasonable and the severity of the fear interferes with
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Exploring Reliability and Validity Researchers have constructed instruments in attempt to empirically measure values and culture belief systems of people and societies. In order for one to measure what some may consider subjective meanings; concrete definitions were given to the types of values that were examined in the “Values and Motives Questionnaire” (Values and Motives Questionnaire‚ n.d.‚ p.1). The values examined were categorized as interpersonal‚ extrinsic‚ and intrinsic values (Values and
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Validity is about the extent to which a piece of research in finding out what the research is finding out what the researcher intents to find out. The idea of validity means that something is true and can be believed. When people say ‘that’s a valid point”‚ they mean that the point is relevant‚ meaningful and believable. It is concerned with truth and value‚ that is whether conclusions are correct or not. It also considers whether the method‚ approaches and techniques actually relate to what is being
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1. What is epidemiology? Epidemiology is defined as ‘the study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related events‚ states‚ and processes in specified populations‚ including the study of the determinants influencing such processes‚ and the application of this knowledge to control relevant health problems.’ (Porta 2014‚ p. 95). This essentially mean that epidemiology is the study of population health and in turn the discussion of how to improve health. 2. What are the critical aspects of
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52 SJWEH Suppl 2008‚ no 6 Validity and reliability of the job content questionnaire in formal and informal jobs in Brazil by Tânia Maria de Araújo‚ PhD‚1 Robert Karasek‚ PhD 2 de Araújo TM‚ Karasek R. Validity and reliability of the job content questionnaire in formal and informal jobs in Brazil. SJWEH Suppl. 2008;(6):52–59. Objectives This study evaluated the job content questionnaire (JCQ) in measuring work psychology aspects with respect to formal and informal jobs in Brazilian occupational
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Prevalence of Skin Diseases among Miners in Brgy. Diwalwal Monkayo‚ Compostela Valley Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Skin diseases are one of the health problems posed by the mining industry to its workers and to those who are living near quarry sites. In Mindanao‚ the mining community in Brgy. Diwalwal Monkayo‚ Compostela Valley is perhaps the most important because of the number of small-scale mining operations that remains largely
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Discuss issues surrounding the reliability and validity of classification and diagnosis for Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder which is sometimes referred to as split minds. Sufferers can be known to show symptoms of delusions‚ hallucinations as well as catatonic behaviour. If we are looking at the validity of something it means we are measuring what we are claiming to measure‚ and if we are looking at the reliability of something it means if we repeat the process over
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