1. Why are the who, when, and where questions useful in determining the causes of disease? Give examples. The who question, “Characterizes the disease victims by such factors as age, sex, race, and economic status (pg. 66). Example would be that more women get breast cancer than men or that most people with sickle cell disease are of the African American ancestry. The when question, “looks for trends in disease frequency over time: incidence increasing, decreasing, or remaining stable (pg 66-67). For example we can determine that the flu is a seasonal disease that begins in mid-winter and lasts until early spring. The where question, “looks at comparisons of disease frequency in different countries, states, counties, or geographical divisions” …show more content…
Think of a medical test that you or someone you know has undergone. Was it more important for the test to be sensitive or for it to be specific? I recently had to get blood work completed at St. Mary’s before I could start my clinical rotation. In my opinion it is more important for these tests to be sensitive than specific. If the test came back positive it would not be safe for me to be in the hospital setting. If I had a false negative from a Tuberculosis skin test and continued to going into patient rooms then I would run the risk of spreading the disease. If I had false positive results then I would be faced with taking a medication to treat TB and undergo multiple chest x-rays. Also it would hamper when I got to start clinical …show more content…
Visit the Web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov) a. Where in the US is rabies endemic in animals? Have there been any cases of human rabies in the last year or two? The CDC determined that ninety-two percent of reported rabid animals were wildlife. Most cases occur on the East coast and Midwest states. Two cases of human rabies have been reported in the last four years, one in Maryland and the other in Texas. The patient in Maryland developed rabies from a kidney transplant. The case from Texas is still an unknown as no source of exposure has been determined. Both cases were fatal. b. Where in the US have there been measles outbreaks in the last year or two? What was the source of the outbreak? A large scale measles outbreak occurred at an amusement park in California. The CDC found that the outbreak most likely started from a traveler who became infected overseas. The CDC were unable to identify a source from this outbreak. Another large scale outbreak with 383 cases reported occurred in Ohio. The outbreak occurred in an unvaccinated Amish
Accordingly, to Tara Haelle, author of “The Measles Outbreak is Twice as Big as You Thought”, published in Scientific American, in 2015, the main idea is on March 6, about 173 cases were reported because of measles. However, Canada had an outbreak more than 100 cases that was also affected by the measles. The measles virus is infecting the children more. The measles are a contagious virus that is spread by someone. The virus can be spread by inhaling from an affected person.
The first outbreak occurred in September of 1918 in Quebec. 2. In the fall of 1919, the federal government established the Department of Health. 3. Approximately 50,000 people died from this silent enemy as opposed to 40,000 in the war.
WP2 P6 v2 Topic Sentence: Although some examinations and operations have been proven to be impractical for curing a patient’s condition, not all that appear to be non-related should be removed. Claim 1: For one, extra tests are justified if the patient’s symptoms have been proven to part of different diseases.
investigating the difference in results of using two different types of plant food Ans: identification of Relationship because trying to identify difference between two types of food. h. calculating the mean score on a final exam for a class of 100 students Ans: data reduction because trying to reduce everything and shows meaningful part. i. studying whether exposure to a certain type of chemical results in more frequent cancer diagnoses Ans: Inference because it tries to conclude how certain types of chemical results in more frequent cancer diagnoses. 3. Tell which type of sampling is used (random, cluster, systematic, convenience, and stratified and give clear reasons to support your answer.
Throughout history diseases have been and outbreak everywhere. There are cures, but the ones that are very deadly can kill an ill person within hours. The name of the diseases is the Bird flu, Spanish flu, the Plague, the Cholera, Smallpox, and the Ebola. The disease that is most affecting the nation is the plague.
It then soon spread to Central America. Many native peoples died due to lack of immunity to the diseases transmitted by them. A number of diseases were brought over to the Americas from Eurasia and Africa. Native Americans were free of the acute infectious diseases, such as measles, smallpox, influenza virus, mumps, typhus, chicken pox, scarlet fever, swine flu, pneumonia, bubonic plague, syphilis, and whooping cough. Those diseases had long plagued the majority of Eurasia and Africa before 1492.
Sparapani said that dogs with rabies are rare within the state of Wisconsin. Most likely, it is the result of an aggressive dog species that was left unattended by its
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2 July. 2015. Web. 27 Aug. 2015. Rabies is a viral disease that is only carried by mammals.
b. What are the exposure(s), disease/outcome, and population? (3 points) • The exposure(s) are health risk behaviors, stress and weight status as the outcomes, and Community College Students as the population. 6. Sample: a. Who was included in the sample (study population)? (1 point)
When Hispanic moved to the United Staes, researchers have found that their health behaviors
Wright 5 Jayla WrightJared DiamondEnglish 428 February 2018 The Epidemic of SmallPox One of the most scariest diseases, if not the scariest disease, was smallpox. Smallpox was a game change in the 1500’s.
All of these statistics show how out of control these outbreaks are in america and the backlash of not receiving some vaccinations
CHN Diagnosis/Problem you selected: Risk of alcohol abuse among males in Zellwood related to poverty indicators, unemployment rates, and observations of drinking during the daytime. 2. Why did you select this problem? Provide your rational for selecting this problem in 1-2 comprehensive paragraphs (Consider the problem priority criterion on page 417 Box 18-5). Provide supporting community and scientific/authoritative evidence, for example, Healthy People 2020, CDC, AHA, other.
The virus generally disappears in a few weeks. Christopher Columbus is considered to be the explorer who brought measles (as well as many
During these epidemics accounts by Europeans, and natives were taken documenting the terrible conditions people faced. “The people were overcome by intense cold and fever, The disease was rampant everywhere, It was uncountable the number of people who died this year (DOC 7)” This document shows how terrible diseases were for the native populations, because the natives had not evolved and lived in the same environment as the Europeans they could not tolerate certain illnesses that the Europeans could. In Document 8 you can see an illustration of a man in méxico suffering from a disease in which you are covered in bumps and slowly die. Another reason why disease ran so wildly at the time were because of how Europeans lived.