Essays on Epidemiology

The text, ‘Night Falls Fast’ gives an international perspective concerning the epidemiology, control, prevention and the treatment of suicides. The first chapter is about a historical review of the international attitudes and values. The benefit concerning public health workers would be the scholarly assessment that…

With the invention of science and modern medical science technology the very term “Epidemics” has bagged its impact of from our society. Though it did spread it deadly effect in 1000 years ago. Our primitive society was in a state of heterogeneous obstacles. There was…

The bubonic plague is known for its high mortality rate. In the fourteenth century, an estimated 25million people or approximately half of Europe’s population succumbed to the disease. As it is more commonly known to our era as the Black Death, derived from the poor…

The nature and number of people living in cities have been affected by infectious diseases. Over the course of history, illnesses have always been big epidemics. Many infectious diseases have played an important role in our lives, our economies, our culture and our daily lives….

Snake bite A correct recording and analysis of the global problem of snake bite envenoming happens to be an illusion in spite of many efforts to estimate it and study it. Snake bite envenoming evokes a lot of fear across the board irrespective of nationalities…

D. A Henderson, a prominent epidemiologist, stated that “Dropping anatomic bomb could cause casualties in a specific area, but dropping smallpox could engulf the world.’ Epidemics are so powerful and could wipe out an entire population in a matter of months. In the 1300s, around…

The speaker says epidemiology is the science of how we know. Explain what he means. Epidemiology attempts to explain how we know something. We attempt to explain it by looking at facts, statistics and coming up with studies that can lead us to a better…

Recently, Asthma prevalence has been on the rise because of the lifestyle risk associated with the disease. The disease is also influenced by genetics. It causes a significant health problem across the world, and also it is an economical burden. According to the report by…

Through research and evaluation of credible sources, this information can be used to help people suffering from abnormal psychological disorders such as schizophrenia. Diagnostic criteria, the history and background, epidemiology, etiology, and forms of treatment for schizophrenia have been discussed in brief detail. Most information…

The World Health Organization defines epidemiology as “the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems. Epidemiology is a huge field containing several sub-fields such…

It begins as minor flu symptoms: chills, fever, fatigue, runny nose. Nothing to worry about, just minor symptoms that should go away within the next week or so. The week passes and things seem to never get any better. Complications develop. The symptoms become more…

The Invisible Foe The United States has faced many epidemics within its life time. The first epidemic Americans faced was in 1633. When European settlers arrived at current day United States they not only brought new technology and religions, they also brought smallpox. Smallpox was…

Environmental Epidemiology The key understanding between the epidemiologic triangle and Hill’s criteria of causality is indeed the fact that there is a correlation revealing a cause and effect mechanism of exposures and health outcomes within the environment of a population. Therefore, the epidemiologic triangle consists…

Mosquitoes, flies, ticks and fleas are the main cause of bites and stings. These insects occur worldwide and may transmit diseases. Some insects are found only in certain geographic locations. Most people experience occasional stings and bites but after natural disasters such as floods and…

John Snow studied the cholera outbreak in London in the mid-1840s. Snow had hypothesized that cholera was transmitted by water. He realized that deaths occurred around the pumps from the downstream company. He created a map of locations of deaths from cholera and saw the…