PPT-Epidemiology of Obesity EPID 624 – Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases

Presentation Overview Background Attributes associated with obesity Morbiditymortality Screening Costs Interventions Major r esearch e fforts Future research opportunities Discussionquestions. Principles of Epidemiology. A. Epidemiology is the study of the factors influencing the frequency and distribution of diseases. 1. communicable diseases – diseases that can be transmitted from one host to another . POLICIES. Prof. MUDr. Martin . Rusnák. , . CSc. Department . of. . Public. . Health. , . Faculty. . of. . Health. . Care. . and. . Social. . Work. , Trnava . University. Trnava, . Slovak. . . 1. A term derived from the Greek:.  . . epi. . : on, upon. demos . : the people. logos . : the study of .  .  . (Webster's Unabridged Dictionary).  . Dictionary definition of epidemiology. Introduction . t. o Epidemiology. Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health. Adebowale Adeyemo, MD. Deputy Director, Center for Research on Genomics & Global Health. NHGRI/NIH. Introductions. Epidemiology Part 1:. Principles of Epidemiology. Adapted from the . FAD . PReP. /NAHEMS Guidelines: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing (. 2014).. Introduction to epidemiology . Overview of disease characteristics . You will need to wear gloves for all class activities today.. Pick a random identification card up from the front desk (record this ID code in Table 3).. Switch cards with your partners (record your new code in Table 3).. Pessah-Eljay. Zoonosis Disease. . Epidemiology Division. Zoonosis Unit. Feb, 2015. S.Pessah-Eljay. . MD., MPH., MS. Brucellosis. Brucellosis: . Agent and transmission. Agent: . Brucella. sp.. Transmission. FEPIRequirement WorksheetDateStudents Namefall admission2ndNon-UNC emailPIDCourse NumberCourse TitleSemester CompletedCreditsPertinent notes all substitutions and exemptionsEPID 600Principles of Epide 854IntroductionHippocrates around 46031370 BCE tell what epidemic diseases will a29ack and what each individual will be in danger of experiencing from the change of regimen148 Hence he introduced the . Alkhaldi. Community Medicine 2015/ 1016. Faculty of Medicine, The University of Jordan. 2. Definitions…. Public health. The science & art of . . P. reventing disease, . prolonging life, . R. . Armour. . Forse. and Devi . Mukkai. . Krishnamurty. ASMBS. 33 % of the world’s population of 7.08 billion— 2.36 billion people—are overweight or obese.. In 2008, more than 1.4 billion adults were overweight and of these more than 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese . Kara P. Wiseman, MPH. Division of Epidemiology, Department of family medicine and Population Health. April 6, 2015. Outline. What is cancer?. Cancer statistics. Cancer prevention and early detection. INTRODUCTION . TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND . EPIDEMIOLOGY (1).  . At the end of THE session the student should be able to:. Describes the historical context. Define scope and terminology. Identify what questions can epidemiology answer and its uses. Department of Epidemiology. Program Overview . July 5, 2018.  . Introductions. Dr. Albert Hofman, MD, PhD. Chair, Department of Epidemiology. ahofman@hsph.harvard.edu. Deborah Blacker, MD, Sc.D.. Deputy Chair, Department of Epidemiology.