What is tuberculosis is and its epidemiology in the world ?
Tuberculosis is a communicable disease which spreads through infected sputum. Tuberculosis is a airborne disease and it is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The prevalence rate of tuberculosis is very high in Africa and Asian countries. Even though we introduced antituberculosis drugs years ago, still there is an incidence rate of tuberculosis is high. We need to educate people about how to prevent the transmission of tuberculosis to control the spreading of disease.
1. What is epidemiology? 2. What is managerial epidemiology? 3. How is managerial epidemiology a useful tool to health care professionals in leadership roles? 4. Why is it important for managers to embrace methods of epidemiology in their day-to-day work? 5. What did you learn after reading this chapter about how to distinguish between a good study and a bad study?
What is epidemiology? Why is this important to community health? Provide an example of its importance from your community.
What questions are asked by descriptive epidemiology? What questions are asked by analytical epidemiology?
what is epidemiology and why community health managers should understand epidemiology?
The forgotten Plague: Tuberculosis Write a reflection on The forgotten Plague: Tuberculosis, discuss what you learned and what yiy find surprising.
Community Health 1. Define descriptive epidemiology and its importance in describing disease occurrence in populations. Provide examples of the different types of rates. 2. Compare and contrast descriptive versus analytical epidemiological studies. Describe the basic types of epidemiological studies and how they are used. 3. Give an example of how you might use descriptive and analytical morbidity and mortality rates in the “real world”.
Question 18 1 pts New research on tuberculosis and its evolution of antibiotic resistance suggests that O It is hard for tuberculosis to evolve resistance to modern antibiotics O Tuberculosis evolves antibiotic resistance in a stepwise fashion, after each new antibiotic is used on patients O Antibiotic resistance depends on mutations in one gene < Previous Next »
What is the “host” in infectious disease epidemiology?
Describe the following for Tuberculosis What is it? How is it transmitted? Where is it commonly found? What is one way the chain of infection can be interrupted?
what is the role of a nurse for a antitubercular therapy for a patient with tuberculosis?