Epidemiology Essays
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Introduction Remote Sensing has brought so many advances to many different scientific disciplines, including the study of epidemiology. For as long as life has been on the Earth, disease has always been factor in the success of any species. Pandemics throughout the history of time have devastated the populations of both animals and humans. This paper looks to explore the use of remote sensing in the fight against the spread of disease in human populations that threaten our way of...
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The recent E. coli outbreak in Romaine Lettuce has forced many restaurants, grocery stores, and households to pull the popular produce off the shelves. A recent discovery found that farmers harvesting the lettuce in the Central Coastal regions in northern and central California were responsible for the outbreak. Not only was the United States affected by this outbreak, but Canada was also. This outbreak likely happened due to the common harvesting patterns farmers in California had been used in order...
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The health issues are known to take place when metabolism of body is altered or is subjected to failure due to the pathogen or pollutant that are considered as the disease. On the other hand, the epidemic disease is referred to as wide spread of the disease that occurs in other regions than that of the expected area at the given time period. Overview of key health problems Cholera Cholera is regarded as the infectious disease, which results in the...
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Epidemiology is the study of the spread and causes of health-related events such as disease, and the application of this study to the control the disease. It is a tool that public health authorities use to determine the cause of a disease and affected populations. Epidemiology can also assist in developing strategies to improve public health and evaluate the effectiveness of strategies in place to treat the disease. It is practiced through studies in which analysis data is performed allowing...
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Introduction Social structures or networks such as access to education, employment, inclusion in society and so on are important prerequisites in shaping the health of people in any given circumstances. The extent to which we incorporate these factors coupled with biological agents explains why disease are produced (Berkman, Kawachi, & Glymour, 2014). For example people with good education have access to better quality health care and are well integrated in societies thus are rarely affected with mental health problems. This...
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