HSCI 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Miasma Theory, Epidemiology, Meta-Analysis
28 Feb 2019
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Uses large sample sizes to find causes of diseases to explain patterns of diseases across populations. Identifies factors that cause the distribution of disease. Study of the distribution & determinants of health-related states & events in specified populations & the application of this study to control health problems. How often something happens (collecting & counting data). Is that something good or bad for people "outcomes" (using data to examine relationships). Ie. studies among people living with hiv in vancouver. Epidemiologist - someone who understands how to generate evidence to inform strategies to improve health. Not 1 on 1 interactions between experimenter & patient, mostly always researchers; analyzing data collected from groups. To limit scope & increase feasibility, focused on specific populations. Miasma theory = emanations from soil, water, air to cause diseases. ss to. Miasma theory = emanations from soil, water, air to cause diseases. Discovery of causal agents of anthrax, tuberculosis & cholera (koch"s postulates).
