Question

How does Epidemiology assist society in in everyday environment

Answer 1

Epidemiology:

- It is the study of nature, cause, control and determinate of the frequency and distribution of disease, disability, death and prevention.

- Epidemiology examines fundamental aspects of disease such as time, place, person and considers it's related factors such as age gender, race, SES, stress, lifestyle.

- Epidemiology assesses diseases within a population and also assess current policies, activities, services.

- It measures effective prevention and control

- Epidemiology key aspect, defining factor or event is the determinant that brings about change in health, and make up multifactoral approach like social/economic environment, physical environment, individual characteristics and behaviors.

- Epidemiology assist in making Individual Decisions as data collected by epidemiologist influence, consciously or unconsciously, everyday decisions by many people

Examples: quit smoking, climb stairs instead of elevator, which food to eat, whether to use a condom, etc.