4. ATS- anti tetanus serum
PEM – protein energy malnutrition
DTP –district tuberculosis program
NTP- national tuberculosis program
DM- Diabetes mellitus
CPR- cardiac pulmonary resustation
IDDM- insulin dependant diabetes mellitus
NIDDM- non insuline dependant diabetes mellitus
ICDS- integrated children development servise programe
Ig- immunoglobin
SARS- severe acute respiratory respiratory syndrome
MERS – middle east respiratory syndrome
ARI- Acute respiratory infection
Life threatening – couple of causing death
Not-life threatening- it is not causing death(lethal effect)
5. Introduction to terms epidemiology:
The scientific study of the spread and control of diseases.The
study of the distribution and determinants of health states or
events in specified population and application of this study to
control health problem is termed epidemiology.
Terms defined as following scintist
Parkin –defined epidemiology (1873)as the branch of medical
science which which treats epidemics
Macmohan – defined epidemiology (1960)as the study of
distribution and determinants of diseased
frequency in man
Last – Defined epidemiology (1986)as the as the study of
distribution and determinants of heath related states or events in
specified population .
6. AIMS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Study the incidence ,distribution and progression of disease
problem
Described the health status of human population
Information for the planning,evaluation and manegmentof
health paramotion and re built system.
Provide data that may further be used for identification of
etiological factor of health
Epidemiological consept used for manegment of health servise
8. APPLICATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGY.
To study the history of disease.
Community diagnosis – study of disease,injurious condition
,disorder,disabilities,defect causing illness.
Looks at risk of individual as they affect groups or
population.eg.health risk appraisal,health screaming medical exam
and disease assessment.
Assessment evaluation & research-it studies the effectiveness of
public health,health servies,efficasy,quality,quantity,access and the
availability of services to treat ,control or prevent disease ,injury
,disability or death
Completing the clinical picture-eg. Rheumatic fever can be caused
by strap throat
Identification of syndrome –eg.down syndrome ,foetal alcohole
syndrome,sudden death infant
9. 1. Define epidemiology.
2. Write down aim of epidemiology.
3. Define the term Epidemiology. Enlist and
explain different types of Epidemiology.
Write all application of Epidemiology.