Important People’s Names in Epidemilogy
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Hippocrates ← Father of modern medication introduced the concept of human
health being closely related to environment.
- Germ theory of disease proponed by → Louis Pasteur
- Pioneering concept of immunization → Early Chinese physician
- Concept of social medicine introduced by →Jules Guerin
- Father of Indian medicine → Dhanvantari
- Father of modern surgery → Joseph Lister
- Father of epidemiology/modern epidemiology → John snow
- Father of biology → Greggor A Mandal
- Father of Modern anatomy → Vasalius
- Father of physiology → cloud Bernard
- Father of psychoanalysis → diamond Freud
- Father of Homeopathy: Semeul Hahneman
- Father of Anti -Sepsis → Joseph Lister.
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Edward gjenner discovered small pox vaccine which was the 1st ever vaccine
to be discovered.
MCQ: Epidemiological determinants are all except:
a. Agent factor
b. Host factor
c. Community factor
d. Environmental factor
Ans: ‘c’
Epidemiology determinants are: Agent factor, Host factor, Environment factor
Types of Epidemiological studies
Epidemiological studies may be of following types:
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| Study | Unit of Study |
|---|---|
| Observation Studies | Descriptive Studies (Formation of Hypothesis) |
| – Case Reports | |
| – Case Series | |
| Analytic Studies (Testing of Hypothesis) | |
|
– Case-Control or Case Reference (Individual) – Cohort or Follow-up (Individual) – Cross-Sectional or Prevalence Study (Population, Individual) |
|
| Experimental/Intervention Studies (Testing of Hypothesis) | – Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials (Patient) |
| – Field Trials or Community Intervention Studies (Healthy Population) | |
| – Community Trials (Communities) | |
| – Animal Studies |
