Epidemiology

Science of public health.

Study of disease within populations & risk factors.

Risk factors are genetic, environmental, social, cultural, or on some direct action by the 

individual.

Servers to find the "why" of a disease & then to analyze the disease screening, treatment, 

prevention, and monitoring.

population health

focuses on risk, data, demographics, and outcomes

Outcomes

End result that follows an intervention

Aggregate

defined population

Community

Multiple aggregates

Data

Compiled information

Prevalence

Existence of a disease.

Incidence

Measures appearance of a disease over a period of time.

Surveillance

Collection, analysis, and dissemination of data.

High-risk

An increased chance of poor health outcomes

Morbidity

Presence of illness in a population

Mortality

Tracking deaths in an aggregate

Vital statistics

statistics on live births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces

Cases

Criterion used to make decisions whether the patient has a disease or health event

Social Justice

The view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunitiesincluding the right to good health

Inter-professional collaboration

Collaborative action oriented toward a common goal of improving quality & safety of patient 

care.

Involves responsibility, accountability, coordination, communication, cooperation, assertiveness, 

mutual respect, and autonomy.

HP2020

4 goals:

1) attain high-quality lives preventable disease

2) achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, improve health of all groups

3) create social and physical environments that promote good health.

4) promote quality of life, healthy development, and health

Determinants of Care

Range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status

Risk Analysis

Characterization of the potential adverse health effects of human exposures to environmental 

hazards

health disparities

Differences of health statuses between various populations.

Sensitivity

Measures the proportion of actual positives that are correctly identified as such (e.g., % of sick 

people who are correctly identified as having the condition)

Specificity

True negative rate