AGRI 224 Lecture 11: Epidemiology-Guest Speaker
8 Feb 2019
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The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in a specified population. A group of individuals having a quality or characteristic in common. Health us a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity . Preamble constitution of the world health org. A description involving some or all of the following characteristics. Factors that cause health related states or prevent their. To determine the extent of disease in a community. Whole bunch of graphs on different diseases. To identify the cause of a disease and factors that increase or decrease a. Hurricane katrina gi crap person"s risk for a disease. To evaluate interventions designed to affect health related states or events. These applications provide a basis for public policy and regulatory decisions and all that jazz. Is concerned with identifying both causal and protective (preventive) factors. Assumes that disease is not randomly distributed throughout a population.
