Principles of disease prevention and control overview
The text explains epidemiology as the foundation of disease prevention and control. It notes the epidemiologist studies the disease process and how to control it, focusing on the host, the agent, and the environment, while acknowledging incomplete knowledge.
Epidemiologists role in disease prevention and control
The text outlines epidemiologists tasks in communicable disease programs from identifying cases and tracing contacts to source elimination. It stresses a team approach including physicians, nurses, and educators. The bridge analogy by Charles E. Smith frames control as removing infection sources, breaking transmission, and protecting susceptibility. Glenn R. Nichols Sr Ph.D. is cited as systems director for the Lower Savannah Health District of DHEC.
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Charles E. Smith
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Glenn R. Nichols
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DHEC
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Hilton Head Center
Newton
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Ronald Klatz
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