39 Search Results for Using Epidemiology to Establish Disease Outbreak
Epidemiological Case #2: Norovirus in Vermont
Applying Epidemiology study epidemics. More specifically, study occurrence distribution health problems. Using epidemiological techniques outlined chapters week's reading, address questions case studies Continue Reading...
This includes the prison population, the patients in the hospital and any county-assisted long-term care facilities, and all of those who utilized the relief shelters set up throughout the county. Those residents who attempted to shelter in place ra Continue Reading...
Using condoms is also an excellent prevention activity that can also be used (Primary and Secondary HIV Prevention, 2008).
Potential obstacles to HIV prevention activities taking place in clinical settings often include:
narrow formations of medic Continue Reading...
Norovirus Etiology, Epidemiology, And Prevention
Norovirus
Acute gastroenteritis (diarrhea) can be caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites, but in the United States the most common cause is the norovirus (CDC, 2012b). The norovirus contributes t Continue Reading...
Introduction
Digital Disease Detection, commonly referred to as digital epidemiology provided strategies and methods for allowing digital-technology users to monitor infectious disease and conduct surveillance. These strategies help in the understan Continue Reading...
Overview of Africa’s Post-Conflict History
Historical Formal Institutions
Colonial legacies persist in Africa in spite of a post-colonial era (Austin, 2010). These legacies have continued in post-conflict Africa’s history. In Africa, ther Continue Reading...
Outbreak Management: The SARS Outbreak in Epiville
D. Background of the Epiville SARS Simulation outbreak
The case definition is a list of specific criteria used to decide whether or not one has the disease under investigation. The case definition of Continue Reading...
Dream Job Turned Nightmare: Valley Fever
Executive Summary
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2018a), coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever, is an infection caused by the fungus Coccidioides. The fungus is Continue Reading...
Communicable Disease/Community Nursing
2003 SARS Outbreak
In November 2002, the first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was reported in the Guangdong Province in China (Lau and Peiris, 2005). Over the next few months, SARS cases were Continue Reading...
John Snow father epidemiology pioneering research analogy containment cholera outbreak London 1800's. However, contributor, William Farr, provided substantial information data understanding etiology spread cholera research surveillance
John Snow is Continue Reading...
Applying Epidemiology
The case study centers mainly on analyzing the symptoms of an unknown disease experienced by students at one of the universities in Central South Texas. The students were suffering from nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. The two st Continue Reading...
Disease Control and Prevention
CDC, in basic terms, "is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services" (CDC, 2014). The agency's mission, as it points out on its website is to serve "as the national focus for Continue Reading...
Human Health and Disease
How could the information learned about a disease's epidemiology be used to protect public health? What kind of epidemiological information would a public health official want to know about this disease? What actions might t Continue Reading...
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is an airborne infectious disease caused by tubercule bacilli, spread from person to person (CDC 2011). It affects the lungs and other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys and the spine. It Continue Reading...
Quality Improvement Program
Needs Assessment and Quality Improvement Plan
Paula Stechschulte, PhD, RN
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This paper discusses the process of drafting a quality improvement plan at a community level medical facility, a plan that is aimed at Continue Reading...
The response by the United States to biorisk management at the national level provides a useful example of what can be accomplished with the right resources and vision. For instance, in December 2009, the U.S. government published its "National Str Continue Reading...
governmental agency, CDC, regulates governs health care industry a segment industry. • Describe history agency, source scope authority, structure, carries day -- day responsibilities, effects health care industry a segment industry.
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2 to $44.4 million (NIAID, 2011).
The President's proposed 2013 budget also shifts funding around to effectively increase contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 60%, which should indirectly help dengue vector con Continue Reading...
Policy Analysis Critique
Rationale for the chosen policy
Avian influenza is a virus causing lethal infection in human beings (Sims et al., 2003). It can be transmitted from patients to other human beings. It is a deadly virus with track record of 6 Continue Reading...
Consideration should be given to the development of a common form to be used by both law enforcement and epidemiology personnel. This form should allow the sharing of necessary information while protecting the confidentiality of victims (Department Continue Reading...
air traffic has continued to increase and it now constitutes a considerable proportion of the travelling public. The amount of long-hour flights has increased significantly. Based on the International Civil Aviation authority, air traffic can be anti Continue Reading...
Ebola Epidemics – Challenges & Containment In Nigeria
Ebola and Its Origins
There is no known origin of the Ebola virus that emerged with a vengeance in 2014 in West Africa. And while there had been numerous other documented cases of Ebola Continue Reading...
Abstract
This paper is a systematic review that discusses the consequences of the current COVID-19 pandemic scenario on healthcare workers' mental health outcomes. The sources from which the articles used in this paper were systematically resear Continue Reading...
Bubonic Plague
The Black Death is remembered through time because of the harm it inflicted on the world and because of the horrible pains that were associated with the malady. The disease killed hundreds of millions of people and made it possible fo Continue Reading...
Dermatology Differential Diagnoses
Dermatology Differential Diagnosis
Skin conditions can be notoriously difficult to diagnose. It is crucial to understand the epidemiology and pathology of common conditions in order to make a thorough diagnosis of Continue Reading...
Elderly Population With Diabetes
AGE MATTERS
Elderly Diabetes
Epidemiology: Definition and Description
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and factors to health conditions in particular populations and its application to the control of Continue Reading...
Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, improves mainstream audience's understanding of emerging infectious disease, and yet damages the positive impact of this exposure by introducing known inaccuracies and exaggerations. Preston's book is largely well-writt Continue Reading...
A further assessment was done on civilian displacement and the number of deaths was estimated on excess of the expected.
Data Analysis
The data was analyzed using the Quasi-Poisson models. This method was used to evaluate the mortality rates with Continue Reading...
Mold Remediation in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Mold Remediation
Mold Remediation in the Aftermath of Flooding in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Mold Remediation in the Aftermath of Flooding in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Pennsylvania was hit hard in September, first by Hurricane I Continue Reading...
African-American Women in New York State
"About 30% of Hispanic and 20% of African-Americans lack a usual source of health care compared with less than 16% of European-Americans" (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003). "Racial and ethnic Continue Reading...
Origin of HIV
The mystery of HIV and its origins is one that cannot be easily solved. In the thirty-odd years which have passed since the official recognition of AIDS by the CDC and the subsequent search for its cause, various theories have been flo Continue Reading...
To help limit the potential bias in a study as this, and to help support the validity of the results, the researcher will cross compare the results of the study with information gathered from other recent studies monitoring surveillance programs wit Continue Reading...
2001 there was an Anthrax attack which created an alert of how bioterrorism had an impact on the public health emergencies. These types of emergencies can not only spread illnesses but also cause several deaths. The can also affect government operat Continue Reading...
Best Practice to Isolate MRSA Patients in the Hospital Environment
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is an anti-microbial organism of concern in the healthcare field; therefore, preventing and controlling its spread within the heal Continue Reading...
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Public Health Preparedness
The concept of 'public health preparedness' (PHP) has been garnering recognition worldwide, given the global-scale threats which are constantly encountered by professional healthcare organizations, including bioterrorism, Continue Reading...
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Abstract
First appearing in China in late 2019, the novel Coronavirus COVID-19 has become the most significant global pandemic event in a century. As of October 28, 2020 the total number of cases worldwide was 44 million Continue Reading...
infection trajectory Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The paper introduces the development of the bacterium in its most common iterations. The nature of the infection including symptoms, treatment options which are limited, and ef Continue Reading...