the practice of epidemiology: an overview
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The Practice of Epidemiology: An Overview
Session 1, Part 2
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Learning ObjectivesSession 1, Part 2
• Identify the diverse specialties in the field of epidemiology
• Describe how epidemiological methods and state and district public health professionals work
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OverviewSession 1, Part 2
• Elements and specialties of epidemiology
• Examples of epidemiology in practice
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Elements and Applications of Epidemiology
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What is Epidemiology?
Purposes:• Study risk associated with exposures• Identify and control epidemics• Monitor population rates of disease and
exposure
Study of distribution and determinants of states or events in specified populations,
and the application of this study to the control of health problems
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Key Elements in Epidemiology• Person
– Age– Sex– Race or ethnicity
• Place– Geographic location– Proximity to potential
exposure– Clustering
• Time– Date / time of exposure
or onset of illness– Seasonality of infectious
diseases– Identifying endemic
versus epidemic disease rates
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Epidemiology Applications
• Infectious diseases• Chronic diseases• Injury
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Epidemiology Applications
• Social• Nutritional• Occupational
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Epidemiology Applications
• Environmental• Behavioral• Forensic
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Epidemiology Applications
• Health care• Disaster• Public policy
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Historical Example of Epidemiology in Action
John Snow and the Broad Street PumpLondon, England
1854
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John Snow (1813 – 1858)
On the Mode of Communication of Cholera
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Broad St. Pump Cholera Outbreak London, England 1854
• Low-level transmission in August
• Increase of cases August 31 and September 1
• 79 deaths on Sept. 1 and 2
• 87% of deaths clustered around Broad St. pump
• Pump handle removed Sept. 8
The Broad Street Pump
Photo source: The John Snow Archive and Research Companion
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Case List
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Smallpox: Another Historical Success Story
Smallpox eradication workers, Nepal.
Smallpox vaccination, Bangladesh
• Viral disease• Spread via air droplets• No treatment• 30% fatality rate
Photo credits; CDC Public Health Image Library
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Smallpox Eradication• Initiated in 1967
• Last naturally occurring case in 1977
• Declared dead in 1980
• Laboratory stocks remain in US and Russia
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Epidemiologyin Practice
Measles outbreakMethemoglobinemia outbreak
Hurricane Isabel
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Measles Outbreak2011
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Background on Measles• Acute viral rash illness that can
cause severe pneumonia, diarrhea, encephalitis and death
• Spreads via respiratory droplets
• One of the most highly communicable infectious diseases
• Not endemic in the US due to high vaccination rates
Measles virion (particle)CDC/ Cynthia Goldsmith
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The Beginning• June 3: Unvaccinated US resident, aged 24,
returned to Indiana from Indonesia – Measles cases in Indonesia: ~9/100,000 population– Patient treated for dengue
• June 20: 5 epidemiologically-linked cases reported to Indiana State Dept of Health
• Case-finding activities revealed 8 more cases
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Here Comes Trouble…
• Infectious family members had…– Attended church– Attended parties– Attended family gatherings– Attended sports events– Sought health care
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Public Health Response• Follow-up of those exposed at different venues
in 7 counties– Church (150 persons)– Factory (300 persons)– Bus with school-aged children– 2 GP offices, 1 OB office, 1 urgent care facility, 4
hospitals or emergency rooms• Media releases• Statewide Health Alert Network messages to
healthcare providers
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Department of Health Recommendations
• For exposed persons without evidence of measles– Vaccination within 3 days of exposure, or– Immunoglobulin within 6 days for high risk patients
• For potentially exposed healthcare personnel– Exclude from patient care responsibilities
• For the community– Testing and vaccination clinics
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Methemoglobinemia Outbreak 2003
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What is Methemoglobinemia?
• Change in hemoglobin molecule that impairs the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen
• Can result in headaches, shortness of breath, nausea, increased heart rate, weakness, fatigue, and a bluish discoloration of the skin
• Caused by ingestion or inhalation of oxidizing agents
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Wedding Reception• Approximately 500 persons in attendance
• Attendees began to feel ill after arriving at the reception
• Several attendees transported by ambulance to local emergency rooms
• 83 attendees sought emergency medical care, 20 hospitalized
• Diagnosis of methemoglobinemia was made
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Further Investigation• Punch served at the reception was identified as
a potential source of the outbreak
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The Punch• Obtained frozen through a local caterer• Caterer obtained flavor mix from out-of-state
company• Flavor mix provided to local food processing
company where sugar and citric acid were added
• Caterer added water and froze punch for sale• Same lot of punch served at wedding reception
was also served at a baby shower
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What Happened?• Samples from the punch and dry mix indicated
sodium nitrite contamination (oxidizing agent)
• Sodium nitrite probably added instead of citric acid
• Both sodium nitrite and citric acid are white powders and both were used at the food processing plant
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Hurricane Isabel2003
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Hurricane Isabel Related Mortality – Virginia, 2003
Case study provided by Asim Jani, MD, MPH, FACP
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Hurricane Related Deaths – Virginia, 2003
• Age range 7 – 85; 66% over age 45• Most deaths due to drowning, fallen trees, power
outages• 34% due to traumatic head injuries• 28% with confirmed presence of alcohol or drugs• 12 deaths “direct”; 20 deaths “indirect”
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Post-Hurricane Health Concerns
Of 210 households surveyed:• 65% without electricity
• 24% without running water
• 21% without land or cellular phone service
• 12% without a 3-day supply of food
• 1% with hurricane-related injuries
• 5% with hurricane-related illness
• 8% require some kind of medical care
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Session Summary• Epidemiology is the study of distribution and
determinants of states or events in specified populations
• John Snow pioneered the first epidemiologic methods when he used person, place, and time data
• Epidemiology specialties complement each other in outbreak investigations and other public health research settings
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References and Resources• Gordis L. Epidemiology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Company;
2000.• Last JM. A Dictionary of Epidemiology. New York, NY: Oxford University
Press; 1988. • Mountcastle S. Introduction to Forensic Epidemiology. FOCUS on Field
Epidemiology [serial online]. 2004:2(5). North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health. Available at: http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/focus/vol2/issue5/2-5ForensicEpi_issue.pdf. Accessed March 1, 2012.
• Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak – Indiana, June-July 2011. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011;60(34):1169. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6034a5.htm. Accessed March 1, 2012.
• Wedding Punch Investigation Concludes [press release]. Iowa Department of Public Health. April 25, 2003.
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References and Resources • Pfau S. Ten Essential Public Health Services. Work Group for Health and
Development, University of Kansas; 2004. The Community Toolbox, Chapter 2, Section 7. Available at: http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/sub_section_main_1804.aspx. Accessed March 1, 2012.
• St George DMM. First Responder Epidemiology Training Course [online training]. North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health; 2004.
• Umble K with Nelson AL, Alexander LK. John Snow – Broad Street Pump Outbreak [online case study]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health; 2004. Available at: http://courses.sph.unc.edu/john_snow/. Accessed March 1, 2012.
• Fig 11.2: Broad Street pump, modern replica; Broadwick Street, London [photograph]. John Snow Archive and Research Companion [Web site]. MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University. Available at: http://johnsnow.matrix.msu.edu/book_images11.php. Accessed March 1, 2012.