Epidemiology

The epidemiology of depression shows that 20% of adults are either directly or indirectly impacted by depression during their lifetime, with twice the number women being diagnosed with the disorder when compared to men. Depression has also been shown to have a hereditary component, with a significant increase in diagnosis for individuals who have a family history of clinical depression. It is also reported that depression is highly correlated with suicide rates and physical disabilities such as…

Epidemiology Hemophilia is one of the most dangerous inherited bleeding disorders, affecting people from the entire world in equal frequency. Overall, the affected population frequency is low and the diagnosis of this disease is inherited about 70% of the time. Sometimes, hemophilia can occur when there is no family history of it and this is called sporadic hemophilia, having approximately 30% of people with non-inherited hemophilia, caused by a change in the person’s own genes…

The epidemiology of diseases is very important. It allows providers to see the prevalence of diseases in the geographic area that is being cared for. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted a multistage survey during 2007-2012. Using the age range of 14-39. They were able to ask sensitive questions on sexual behavior that used audio and a computer self-interview. A total of 8,827 persons age 14-39 were interviewed. Out of that number 8,536 were examined and 8,330…

I’ve been drawn to epidemiology since my health science seminar class at the University of Arkansas at Little rock (UALR). This class discussed how communities are affected by health disparities and how health educators can help influence change within those communities. Health disparities and the community view about health, as well as having access to health care caught my attention even more. Then I started to brainstorm how to implement a plan for the community, to can help prevent the…

Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Student's Name Institution Affiliation Course Tuberculosis Causes: Tuberculosis (TB) is a caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacteria that is spread through the air. TB affects the breathing system (lungs). When an infected person emits air droplets, for example, through coughing or sneezing, the bacteria are transmitted into the air that affects anyone who breathes that air. According to Wouk, there are two types of TB, Latent and Active…

Nursing plays a vital role in the field of Epidemiology. When evaluating and investigating disease, recognizing what is happening and identifying to whom a particular disease is affecting can be apparent. However, why the outbreak is occurring tends to be harder to discern. Nurses can aid in the process of determining why through practices of nurses that are done every day with every patient. Nurses play a pivotal role in surveillance through their data collection or charting. Nurses…

Healthcare is a broad, expansive service that seeks to maintain the well-being of all citizens. Healthcare cannot exist without epidemiology, which is the study of the causes of health outcomes and diseases in populations (cdc-def). The correlational between the two leads to the main issue: the epidemiology among the elderly. History has consistently displayed that children outnumbered the elderly, however, in recent years, there has been a shift. The elderly now significantly outnumber the…

have heart failure and more than 650,000 are diagnosed for the first time each year”(1). As the heart failure epidemiology worsens, the importance of prevention has greatly increased. Because of this, many efforts are made to spread the awareness of heart disease prevention including presenting the information through infographics. In the attempt to spread the awareness of this epidemiology, it must be kept in mind that an infographic that isn’t appealing and “attention-drawing” isn’t one that…

health field epidemiology is the study of health in populations to understand the causes and patterns of health and illness. The objective of epidemiology is to make changes that decrease risk and improve health. The term health care includes many things that influence the treatment offered and receive from the client. Even though epidemiology is meant to improve the health in populations, the elderly population does not receive the treatment that is consistent with the goal epidemiology. The…

(IVPU) Summer Research Position. This position excites me because it would help me connect my study in applied math and data science with my long-term interest in epidemiology. My qualifications for this position start with my passion in research about epidemiology. Living in a family of physicians, I became interested on epidemiology in my childhood. When horrible diseases surfaced, my father would have to serve as the head of the disease control group and I was always curious to know about…