Essays on Epidemiology

Introduction The investigation of the various determinants of human health as well as illnesses is dependent on various disciplines that range from a tripartite blend of scientific classes: biomedical sciences, clinical sciences, and public health sciences (Ahrens, & Pigeot, 2005). According to MacMahon and Pugh...

Overview Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease caused by Vibrio Cholerae bacterium, transmitted via ingestion of contaminated water or food. Worldwide it is estimated to each year cause between 1, 3 to 4 million cases, and between 21000 to 143000 deaths. In 2016, 54% of...

Louse-borne typhus is one of the oldest pernicious diseases, that has been haunting mankind since ages. Known by the many names such as “camp fever”, “war fever”, “jail fever” and “tabarillo” and confused with many other fevers and diseases, it was only in the late...

Epidemiology is the study of the surveillance of disease and public health threats and the awareness to the public to maintain health and safety. Surveillance is important to obtain data, perform statistical analysis, and determine the seriousness and prevalence. From there, appropriate measures can be...

Several epidemiological studies show that obesity and related metabolic dysfunctions are associated with an increased incidence and mortality rates for various types of tumors. For example, it has been shown that obesity and type 2 diabetes are among the risk factors associated with the onset...

Description of the Area Tourette’s Syndrome is a tic disorder that is characterized by the presence of more than one motor tic, and one or more vocal tics for a period more than a year that causes impairment or distress to the patient. (McGuire, Piacentini,...

Stroke Stroke occurs when an artery supplying blood to the brain either suddenly becomes blocked or begins to bleed. This may result in part of the brain dying, leading to a sudden impairment that can affect a range of activities such as speaking, thinking, movement...

Introduction Infectious diseases are the major cause of mortality in recent years. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that about 13 million deaths worldwide are attributed to infectious diseases. The majority of these deaths are related to the people living in third world countries....

Introduction Risk communication is the sharing of ideas and knowledge between two parties about the nature, purpose and control of the risk. Risk communication in public health means the involvement of audience and responding to the question and concern as well as providing the important...

In the early 1900s, New York state was a hotspot for outbreaks of typhoid fever. George Sober, a sanitary engineer, attributed these outbreaks to one woman, a cook by the name of Mary Mallon. Mallon was the first described case of a healthy carrier of...

Each individual creates and checks an inventory of causal clarifications as a child that carries importance to perceived occasions and that eventually gives more control of those occasions. Since our initial understanding of causation depends on our own immediate perceptions, the subsequent idea is restricted...

Medicines focal mission has consistently been the delivery of treatments of illness, just as public health’s mission has always being the conveyance of control measures. The ability to look for causes of health related occasions has been firmly associated with the growth and reaffirmation of the...

“The work of epidemiology is related to unanswered questions, but also to unquestioned answers” – Patricia Buffler. The science that reviews when and where infections happen and the manner in which they’re communicated in public is named Epidemiology. The study of disease transmission started inside...

Now, we will discuss about how social epidemiology works which falls under Social Epidemiology and Health. We know, sociological perspectives inspect the various contexts that influence treatment and healthcare. But Social epidemiology takes things in a somewhat different turn by investigating how disease, recovery, and...