Evolution of New and Old Communicable Diseases According to Gordis (2004), epidemiology is defined as “the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states and event of diseases in specified populations and the application of this study to control of health problems”. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is contagious and potentially life threatening form of pneumonia which was first detected in February 2003 in Asia and it spread to various countries in Europe, North America
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with similar cases. This would begin what we know today as the AIDS epidemic and become the motivation for the research and knowledge which helped individuals infected and uninfected stay informed. A Description of HIV What causes HIV? HIV is a disease that is relatively harmless when outside of the body. A host is needed for HIV to replicate itself. Once inside the body the virus is attracted to the body’s CD4 cells which along with chemokines, allow the virus to gain entry into cells. Exposure
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Epidemiology Paper The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relevancy of the vulnerable population, and the disease for this group. The vulnerable population that has been chosen is mental illness, and the disease for this population is AIDS/HIV. There will be a definition and description of epidemiology in regards to HIV/AIDS, with the steps and method that was used. The Epidemiological Triangle will be define and identified, and the different types of epidemiology. The population chosen characteristics
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acquisition and transmission of HIV as well as the development of AIDS progression in all persons are critical components in the fight against this disease (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [NIH], 2013, para. 1). The HIV epidemic continues to be a growing concern as the pace of new infections continues at a high levels. (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2009, p. 1). The excessive burden of HIV/AIDS is neither unavoidable nor acceptable. It is possible to end the U.S epidemic but
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2010 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has now placed itself as the 3rd most common cause of death. Most deaths occurred in low income groups and since the middle of the 19th century the analysis of mortality rates has helped health professionals get a better insight of the causes of the illness.(Burney,2015). According to (R Beaglehole, D Yach 2003) the burden of illness will be dominated by non-communicable diseases by 2016 and the future burden of diseases such as smoking which can only be
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clio.com/Search/Display/1525781. MacFarlane, Philip J. "Influenza Epidemic of 1918." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2017, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/298202. Mullen, Pierce C. and Michael L. Nelson. “Montanans and ‘The Most Peculiar Disease’: The Influenza Epidemic and Public Health, 1918-1919.” Montana, The Magazine of Western History, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp: 50-61. JSTOR,
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E3.1 provides the top ten causes of mortality in rank order over the last decade. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for two-thirds of global deaths in 2011 and infectious diseases for one-third. In 2000 the relative proportions were 60% NCDs and 40% infectious diseases. This rapid shift reflects the massive scale up in recent efforts to prevent and treat a number of major infectious diseases. Although improvements in maternal and child mortality have been made these still remain
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Chicken Pox Grand Canyon University NRS 427 Concepts in Community and Public Health 4/4/15 Abstract Chicken pox, also called varicella, is a contagious illness that causes red spots that itch and some blister all over the body. We are going to take a closer look into how this is passed, the signs and symptoms, and who it effects the most. Most children receive the vaccination for Chicken pox at an early age. Adults can receive the vaccination as well, and the chicken pox vaccination requires
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phenomena identified by epidemiology are instrumental in predicting risk factors e.g.; development of treatment strategies to prevent or contain diseases. Epidemiology estimates have changed over time related to changes in the definition and diagnosis of diseases. Epidemiology is practiced as a broad scientific discipline that addresses occurrences of diseases and distribution of health status of populations. Integration of casual concepts at the clinical, social and environmental levels will allow
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used in the compilation of data into the information summative. Hypothetically, Good Health Hospital is assumed to have possessed nosocomial infections as in any real hospitals where patients seek admission for treatment. According to Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC), and Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH), a healthcare associated infection (HAI) which is also known as nosocomial infection is an infection that a person gets while staying as a patient in a hospital or other health
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