Epidemiology cornerstone of public health Assignment
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Epidemiology cornerstone of public health Assignment
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Epidemiology:Assessment Task 2
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................21. Description to the Notifiable disease - ....................................................................................22. Explanation to contact tracing in epidemiology and necessary steps for tracing contact ofTB in Australia - .........................................................................................................................33. Identification of jurisdictional and procedural differences - ...................................................44. Report - ...................................................................................................................................4CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8REFRENCES ..................................................................................................................................91
INTRODUCTIONEpidemiology is the analysis and study of patterns, distributions and determinants ofhealth and disease conditions in the defined locations. It is cornerstone of the public health,shapes policy decisions and practice including the evidence which is helpful in identifyingvarious risk factors for the related disease and targets preventive measures.Tuberculosis is the serious infectious disease which is mainly affected in the lungs. Thebacteria of tuberculosis are spread from one person to another by sneezing and coughing tinydrop which are released into the air. The above report includes the description to notifiabledisease. Defining contact tracing in epidemiology and mentioning various steps involved in it.The report carried forward with the identification to jurisdictional and procedural differencesamong the guidelines of Northern Territory and Victoria. Mentioning symptoms and signs of TBand its transmission to various groups. The report ends with the explanation to process ofidentifying household contacts and evaluating the report on the basis of treatment provided to thestudent.1. Description to the Notifiable disease -Notifiable diseases can be any of the disease which are mandatory by law to be report tothe authorities of government. Further the authorities of health monitor disease and provideguidelines and warning for the possible outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, and ensuring toprovide right medication or vaccinations are stocked and proper treatment procedures oftreatment should take place. There are 65 notifiable diseases in Australia, that are regularlyreviewed and which can differ from state to state. Different types of notifiable diseases arehepatitis B and C, HIV, cholera, typhoid, dengue fever & Ross River, malaria, some diseaseswhich can be transmitted sexually such as syphilis and Chlamydia, it can also include conditionswhich can occurred by food poisoning like listeriosis and salmonella.Communicable diseases for which vaccinations are available which helps to cure of suchdiseases that are chicken pox, measles, whopping cough, rubella and mumps – this is alsonotifiable diseases for which government can be aware about the impact immunization on thepopulation. The list of nationally notifiable diseases are produced by Centres for Disease Controland Preventions (CDC) and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE). And allthe health officials reports to the CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System2
(NNDSS) which was introduced in 1990, regarding the notifiable diseases. NNDSS is the part ofAustralian Government's Department of Health and Ageing and this authority is whole-fullyresponsible in monitoring the infectious diseases throughout Australia. To overcome suchdiseases various health policies are developed and resourced for treating, promoting andpreventing the population from such diseases. Different control program for national diseaseslike immunization are monitored and implemented(What's a notifiable disease?,2017).2. Explanation to contact tracing in epidemiology and necessary steps for tracing contact ofTB in Australia -Contact tracing is the process of identifying the person who came in the contact with theinfected person and so further subsequent collection of information related about those contacts.Public health with the help of tracing contacts of infected individuals, availing them through testfor infections and treating them to reduce infection among the population. Contact tracing iscommonly performed for diseases which includes tuberculosis, measles which can be vaccineprevented infections, sexually transmitted infections that can be HIV, blood-borne infections,serious bacterial infections and novel infections. Contact tracing is very helpful in learning aboutthe epidemiology of a particular disease in the population. After contact tracing patient can availthrough diagnosis, treatment and counselling so that can be cured and the infection is not spreadto other people which are surrounded by infected person(Criqui and Aboyans, 2015).Contact tracing for TB includes the following steps - The first step is identifying the reason for contact tracing. This can be reported to publichealth or can be managed by the primary health care provider.The second step is identifying with whom they have though close contact or who wastheir sexual partner.The third step is on the context of infection, family members, health care providers andany individual having knowledge regarding case's contacts are also be interviewed.Fourth step is after identification of contacts, the workers of public health offersscreening, counselling, prophylaxis or treatment to the patient.Fifth step isolation of contacts that can be asked remain at home and prohibited fromvisiting locations which can be school, offices, college etc. if it is necessary for thecontrol of TB.The sixth step is supporting patient with the patient referral by providing resource,3
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