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TOPIC IV – EPIDEMIOLOGIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES PREPARED BY: RACHEL M. ORDOÑEZ, RPh ULS CMAMP-PHARMACY DEPARTMENT CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR
• It is usually defined as the study of factors that determine the occurrence and distribution of disease in a population. • Schwabe 1977: Epidemiology is the study of disease in populations. • Modern definition: Epidemiology is the distribution of disease of human and the study of factors that have been associated with varying disease. WHAT IS EPIDEMIOLOGY? PREPARED BY: RACHEL M. ORDOÑEZ, RPh
WHAT IS EPIDEMIOLOGY? • The scientific study of disease can be approached at the following four (4) levels: (a) Sub molecular or molecular level (b) Tissue or organ level (c) Level of individual patients (d) Level of populations PREPARED BY: RACHEL M. ORDOÑEZ, RPh
• Has two (2) types: (a)Classical epidemiology – studies the distribution and determinants of disease in populations and the community origins of health problems, particularly those related to infectious agents; nutrition; the environment; human behavior; and the psychological, social, economic, and spiritual state of population. (b)Clinical epidemiology – is the application of principles of epidemiology to clinical medicine. WHAT IS EPIDEMIOLOGY? PREPARED BY: RACHEL M. ORDOÑEZ, RPh