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COMMUNITY HEALTH III
| Institution | KMTC |
| Course | DIPLOMA IN MEDICINE |
| Year | 1st Year |
| Semester | Unknown |
| Posted By | stephen |
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| Pages | 67 Pages |
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This is the original data collected for a specific purpose
by or for an investigator. For example, an
epidemiologist may collect primary data by
interviewing people who became ill after eating at a
restaurant in order to identify which specific foods were
consumed.
Collecting primary data is expensive and time consuming, and it usually is undertaken only when
secondary data is not available
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COMMUNITY HEALTH III
Community Diagnosis (community or needs assessment) is the foundation for improving and promoting the health of community members. The role of community assessment is to identify factors that affect the health of a population and determine the availability of resources within the community to adequately address these factors.
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COMMUNITY HEALTH III
Principles of epidemiology: Definitions of terms, purpose of epidemiology, differences
between epidemiological and clinical focus, sources of epidemiological information, mortality and morbidity statistics, epidemiological concepts, epidemiological studies.
2. Communicable diseases: Definition, standard case definition, classification, principles in management, prevention and control, notification and reporting of emerging and re-emerging infections, infestations, specific communicable diseases.
431 Pages
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