Hypothesis:anunproven idea that canbe based on ourobservations, reasoningor reflections and thatcan be tested byconducting furtherepidemiological studies.public health: the scienceand art of preventingdisease, prolonged life,and promoting healththrough the organizedefforts and informedchoices of society,organizations, public, andprivate communities andindividualsRate formula:number of cases orevents during agiven time periodOVER (DIVIDED) bypopulation riskduring that sametime period.rate: can be formallydefined as thefrequency with whichan event occurs in adefined population ina specified period oftime.variance: is acommonmeasure ofrandomerror.risk factor: patientcharacteristics orfactors associatedwith an increasedprobability ofdeveloping adisease or condition.epidemiology: the studyof the distribution ofhealth conditions orevents among thepopulations and theapplication of that studyto control healthproblemsimportance of rate ofdisease: particularlyuseful for making validcomparisons, such asfor comparing diseaseexperience betweenpopulations at differenttimes.field epidemiology:applied epidemiologywhen theepidemiologist musttravel to and work in thecommunity in which thehealth problems isoccurring or hasoccurredsurveillance: the ongoingsystematicollection, analysis,interpretation, and thedissemination of information ordata about a health-relatedeven to those who need toknow so that action may betaken to reduce morbidity andmortality and to improvcase: an instanceof a particulardisease, injury, orother healthconditions thatmeets selectedcriteriadescriptiveepidemiology: theaspect of epidemiologyconcerned withorganizing andsummarizing dataregarding the personsaffectedsample:selectedsubset of apopulation.outcomes: any or all thepossible results that canstem from exposure to acausal factor or frompreventive or therapeuticinterventions all identifiedchanges in health statusthat result from thehandling of a healthproblem.population: the totalnumber ofinhabitants of ageographic area orthe total number ofpersons in aparticular groupoutbreak: theoccurrence of morecases of disease, injury,or other healthcondition than expectedin a given area oramong a specific groupof persons during aparticular period.epidemiologicalapproach:focuses onpopulationscensus: everyindividual inthe populationis evaluated.clinicalapproach:focuses ontheindividualsappliedepidemiology: theapplication orpractice ofepidemiology tocontrol and preventhealth problemsdistribution: inepidemiology, thefrequency andpattern of health-relatedcharacteristics andevents in apopulationanalyticepidemiology: theaspect ofepidemiologyconcerned with whyand how a healthproblem occursdeterminant: anyfactors that bringsabout change in ahealth condition or inother definedcharacteristics.infectious orcommunicabledisease: An illnessdue to a specificinfectious agent orits toxic products.Hypothesis:anunproven idea that canbe based on ourobservations, reasoningor reflections and thatcan be tested byconducting furtherepidemiological studies.public health: the scienceand art of preventingdisease, prolonged life,and promoting healththrough the organizedefforts and informedchoices of society,organizations, public, andprivate communities andindividualsRate formula:number of cases orevents during agiven time periodOVER (DIVIDED) bypopulation riskduring that sametime period.rate: can be formallydefined as thefrequency with whichan event occurs in adefined population ina specified period oftime.variance: is acommonmeasure ofrandomerror.risk factor: patientcharacteristics orfactors associatedwith an increasedprobability ofdeveloping adisease or condition.epidemiology: the studyof the distribution ofhealth conditions orevents among thepopulations and theapplication of that studyto control healthproblemsimportance of rate ofdisease: particularlyuseful for making validcomparisons, such asfor comparing diseaseexperience betweenpopulations at differenttimes.field epidemiology:applied epidemiologywhen theepidemiologist musttravel to and work in thecommunity in which thehealth problems isoccurring or hasoccurredsurveillance: the ongoingsystematicollection, analysis,interpretation, and thedissemination of information ordata about a health-relatedeven to those who need toknow so that action may betaken to reduce morbidity andmortality and to improvcase: an instanceof a particulardisease, injury, orother healthconditions thatmeets selectedcriteriadescriptiveepidemiology: theaspect of epidemiologyconcerned withorganizing andsummarizing dataregarding the personsaffectedsample:selectedsubset of apopulation.outcomes: any or all thepossible results that canstem from exposure to acausal factor or frompreventive or therapeuticinterventions all identifiedchanges in health statusthat result from thehandling of a healthproblem.population: the totalnumber ofinhabitants of ageographic area orthe total number ofpersons in aparticular groupoutbreak: theoccurrence of morecases of disease, injury,or other healthcondition than expectedin a given area oramong a specific groupof persons during aparticular period.epidemiologicalapproach:focuses onpopulationscensus: everyindividual inthe populationis evaluated.clinicalapproach:focuses ontheindividualsappliedepidemiology: theapplication orpractice ofepidemiology tocontrol and preventhealth problemsdistribution: inepidemiology, thefrequency andpattern of health-relatedcharacteristics andevents in apopulationanalyticepidemiology: theaspect ofepidemiologyconcerned with whyand how a healthproblem occursdeterminant: anyfactors that bringsabout change in ahealth condition or inother definedcharacteristics.infectious orcommunicabledisease: An illnessdue to a specificinfectious agent orits toxic products.

Epidemiology Basic Terminology - Call List

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  1. Hypothesis:an unproven idea that can be based on our observations, reasoning or reflections and that can be tested by conducting further epidemiological studies.
  2. public health: the science and art of preventing disease, prolonged life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public, and private communities and individuals
  3. Rate formula: number of cases or events during a given time period OVER (DIVIDED) by population risk during that same time period.
  4. rate: can be formally defined as the frequency with which an event occurs in a defined population in a specified period of time.
  5. variance: is a common measure of random error.
  6. risk factor: patient characteristics or factors associated with an increased probability of developing a disease or condition.
  7. epidemiology: the study of the distribution of health conditions or events among the populations and the application of that study to control health problems
  8. importance of rate of disease: particularly useful for making valid comparisons, such as for comparing disease experience between populations at different times.
  9. field epidemiology: applied epidemiology when the epidemiologist must travel to and work in the community in which the health problems is occurring or has occurred
  10. surveillance: the ongoing systematicollection, analysis, interpretation, and the dissemination of information or data about a health-related even to those who need to know so that action may be taken to reduce morbidity and mortality and to improv
  11. case: an instance of a particular disease, injury, or other health conditions that meets selected criteria
  12. descriptive epidemiology: the aspect of epidemiology concerned with organizing and summarizing data regarding the persons affected
  13. sample: selected subset of a population.
  14. outcomes: any or all the possible results that can stem from exposure to a causal factor or from preventive or therapeutic interventions all identified changes in health status that result from the handling of a health problem.
  15. population: the total number of inhabitants of a geographic area or the total number of persons in a particular group
  16. outbreak: the occurrence of more cases of disease, injury, or other health condition than expected in a given area or among a specific group of persons during a particular period.
  17. epidemiological approach: focuses on populations
  18. census: every individual in the population is evaluated.
  19. clinical approach: focuses on the individuals
  20. applied epidemiology: the application or practice of epidemiology to control and prevent health problems
  21. distribution: in epidemiology, the frequency and pattern of health-related characteristics and events in a population
  22. analytic epidemiology: the aspect of epidemiology concerned with why and how a health problem occurs
  23. determinant: any factors that brings about change in a health condition or in other defined characteristics.
  24. infectious or communicable disease: An illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products.