1.EPI DEFINITIONS

PUBLIC HEALTH: MULTIDISCIPLINARY-->PROMOTES HEALTH THROUGH ORGANIZED COMMUN. EFFORTS
1. USES EPI TO: *INTERVENTION *PREVENTION
  1. primary: vaccine second: analizing a nevus tert: diet for diabetes
  2. individual: assume people have autonomy&capacity to make choices&persist : quit smoking
    1. structural:assume diseases have social causation(clean water, safety belts, ciclovias, tax on tobacco)
1. PERSON CHARACTERISTICS: age, , sex, race, and socioeconomic status
  1. PLACE: country, province, state, city, zip code, or census track
    1. TIME:long term trends &short term variations by week or day
2. deals frequency&distribution of disease or risk factors in population. Can be used for hypothesis generation, but CANNOT be used to test hypothesis
*CAUSES *COMPARISON GROUPS *THE W's
1. The population perspective focuses on describing patterns, identifying underlying causes of health problems, and developing interventions at the population level. In contrast, the mission of public health is to provide conditions that promote health, develop interventions or programs at the community level and to make sure laws and mass media promote health.
2. the mission of public health is to provide conditions that promote health, develop interventions or programs at the community level and to make sure laws and mass media promote health.

Resumen del Recurso

	Creado por cristian velez hace casi 11 años