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Define the following terms. 1.Epidemiology 2.Public health 3.Communicable diseases. 4.Endemic disease 5.Epidemic 6.Pandemic

      

Define the following terms.
1.Epidemiology
2.Public health
3.Communicable diseases.
4.Endemic disease
5.Epidemic
6.Pandemic

  

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Kavungya
Epidemiology – science that evaluates involves evaluating the occurrence, determinants, distribution and control of health and disease in a defined human population

Public health –involves protecting population and improving the health of human communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyle and prevention of diseases and injury.

Communicable diseases
A disease associated with a pathogens that can be transmitted from one host to another e.g. TB, STD,

Endemic disease – a disease that is constantly present in a population usually at a steady low frequency e.g. highlands malaria, common cold

Epidemic – a diseases that suddenly increase in occurrence above the normal level in a given population e.g. outbreak of cholera.

Pandemic – an increase in the occurrence of a disease within a large and geographically widespread population
Kavungya answered the question on March 13, 2019 at 06:33


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