2024年8月8日 · As a field epidemiologist, you will collect and assess data from field investigations, surveillance systems, vital statistics, or other sources. This task, called descriptive epidemiology, answers the following questions about disease, injury, or environmental hazard occurrence: What? How much? When? Where? Among whom?

Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent diseases.

Epidemiology is the study (scientific, systematic, data-driven) of the distribution (frequency, pattern) and determinants (causes, risk factors) of health-related states and events (not just diseases) in specified populations (patient is community, individuals viewed collectively), and the application of (since epidemiology is a discipline ...

2025年1月10日 · define epidemiology. describe basic epidemiology terms and concepts. identify types of data sources. identify basic methods of data collection and interpretation. describe a public health problem in terms of time, place, and person. identify the key components of a descriptive epidemiology outbreak investigation.

Define epidemiology; Summarize the historical evolution of epidemiology; Name some of the key uses of epidemiology; Identify the core epidemiology functions; Describe primary applications of epidemiology in public health practice; Specify the elements of a case definition and state the effect of changing the value of any of the elements

2025年1月9日 · Epidemiology, branch of medical science that studies the distribution of disease in human populations and the factors determining that distribution, chiefly by the use of statistics. Unlike other medical disciplines, epidemiology concerns itself with groups of people rather than individual patients

2020年10月1日 · Book Description: Foundations of Epidemiology is an open access, introductory epidemiology text intended for students and practitioners in public or allied health fields. It covers epidemiologic thinking, causality, incidence and prevalence, public health surveillance, epidemiologic study designs and why we care about which one is used ...

2024年9月18日 · Epidemiology is a branch of medical science that studies the determinants, and occurrence of diseases in a defined population along with their distribution. It is derived from the Greek language composed of ‘epi’ meaning upon, ‘demos’ meaning people, and …

Epidemiology, the study of diseases, was originally developed under the medical model. Some diseases have a well-documented natural history, while others are not well understood. The image below provides a summary of the key components of this model.

Although epidemiologists work in field settings in different contexts, the term field epidemiology as used in this manual describes investigations initiated in response to urgent public health problems. A primary goal of field epidemiology is to guide, as quickly as possible, the processes of selecting and implementing interventions to lessen ...