1.4.3 Life of an Epidemiologist.pptx
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MI 1.4.3
Life of an Epidemiologist
It's a branch of public health that aims to control and limit the spread of disease and other health problems. This is often done by tracking the rate of illnesses within a population.
- Epidemiology - a medical science that studies the distribution and determinants of diseases and disorders in a population.
- What does an epidemiologist do?
What is Epidemiology
Cause Effect
Effect Cause
- Looking into the future
- Follows a population that is exposed to something over time to determine the potential effects.
- Allows us to study risk factors
- Looking into the past
- 2 groups of people are studied/compared
- Those who do have the disease (case subjects)
- Those who don’t have the disease (control subjects)
- Study the effect BEFORE learning the cause
Case-Control (Retrospective) Study
Cohort (Prospective) Study
Types of Epidemiological Studies
Studying Trends