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OMICS Group OMICS Group International through its Open Access Initiative is committed to make genuine and reliable contributions to the scientific community. OMICS Group hosts over 400 leading-edge peer reviewed Open Access Journals and organizes over 300 International Conferences annually all over the world. OMICS Publishing Group journals have over 3 million readers and the fame and success of the same can be attributed to the strong editorial board which contains over 30000 eminent personalities that ensure a rapid, quality and quick review process. OMICS Group signed an agreement with more than 1000 International Societies to make healthcare information Open Access. Contact us at: [email protected] OMICS Journals are welcoming Submissions OMICS Group welcomes submissions that are original and technically so as to serve both the developing world and developed countries in the best possible way. OMICS Journals are poised in excellence by publishing high quality research. OMICS Group follows an Editorial Manager® System peer review process and boasts of a strong and active editorial board. Editors and reviewers are experts in their field and provide anonymous, unbiased and detailed reviews of all submissions. The journal gives the options of multiple language translations for all the articles and all archived articles are available in HTML, XML, PDF and audio formats. Also, all the published articles are archived in repositories and indexing services like DOAJ, CAS, Google Scholar, Scientific Commons, Index Copernicus, EBSCO, HINARI and GALE. For more details please visit our website: http://omicsonline.org/Submitmanuscript.php Tarek Tawfik Amin Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine Epidemiology - Definition Some see epidemiology as science, others see it as a method. Generally seen as a scientific method to investigate disease Definition: an investigative method used to detect the cause or source of diseases, disorders, syndromes, conditions, or perils that cause pain, injury illness, disability, or death in human populations or groups Objectives of Epidemiology Objective 1. Define and discuss the following terms; compare and contrast the following methods and concepts of epidemiology related to community health 1. descriptive epidemiology 2. analytic epidemiology Objective 2. Define the following epidemiological concepts, including their identifying factors and interconnection in epidemiology and the disease process: 1. epidemiological triangle a. agent b. host c. environment Objectives of Epidemiology Objective 3. Define and differentiate, and be able to calculate, as well as discuss the implication of the following epidemiological rates: 1. attack rate 2. incidence rate 3. prevalence rate 4. age-adjusted rate 5. proportionate mortality rate Objectives of Epidemiology Objective 4. Define and discuss the concepts of risk and risk factors as the two terms relate to the epidemiological process Objective 5. Define, discuss, and differentiate the concepts of screening and surveillance as they relate to the epidemiological process Objective 6. Define, discuss, and differentiate between the concepts of cross-sectional studies and retrospective studies. Uses of Epidemiology 1. To study the history of the disease Studies trends of a disease for the prediction of trends Results of studies are useful in planning for health services and public health 2. Community diagnosis What diseases, conditions, injuries, disorders, disabilities, defects causing illness, health problems, or death in a community or region 3. Look at risks of individuals as they affect populations What are the risk factors, problems, behaviors that affect groups 4. Assessment, evaluation and research How well do public health and health services meet the problems and needs of the population Effectiveness; efficiency; quality; access; availability of services to treat, control or prevent disease Uses of Epidemiology 5. Completing the clinical picture Identification and diagnostic process to establish that a condition exists or that a person has a specific disease 6. Identification of syndromes Help to establish and set criteria to define syndromes, some examples are: Down, fetal alcohol, sudden death in infants, etc. 7. 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