What is disease detective in Science Olympiad?
Welcome to Disease Detectives! In this event, participants will use their investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health, and disability in populations or groups of people. The information below should not be interpreted as an extension of the rules.
How do you make a disease detective?
- Step 1: Prepare for Field Work.
- Step 2: Establish the Existence of an Outbreak – consider severity, potential for spread, public.
- concern, and availability of resources.
- Step 3: Verify the Diagnosis.
- Step 4: Define and Identify Cases – case definition and line listing.
What do disease detectives do?
Often called “Disease Detectives,” epidemiologists search for the cause of disease, identify people who are at risk, determine how to control or stop the spread or prevent it from happening again. Physicians, veterinarians, scientists, and other health professionals often train to be “Disease Detectives”.
What are the three types of epidemiological studies?
Three major types of epidemiologic studies are cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies (study designs are discussed in more detail in IOM, 2000). A cohort, or longitudinal, study follows a defined group over time.
What questions do Epidemiologists ask?
Epidemiologist want to know what causes disease; how does disease spread; what can prevent disease and/or keep a population mentally, socially, and physically healthy; and what can be done to control disease.
What do mosquitoes carry?
Mosquito-borne diseases are those spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Diseases that are spread to people by mosquitoes include Zika virus, West Nile virus, Chikungunya virus, dengue, and malaria.
What are the 3 basic types of epidemiological investigations?
The three major epidemiologic techniques are descriptive, analytic, and experimental. Although all three can be used in investigating the occurrence of disease, the method used most is descriptive epidemiology.
Are epidemiologists doctors?
Are epidemiologists considered medical doctors? No. While epidemiologists study and investigate the causes and sources of diseases in much the same way as medical doctors, they’re not considered actual physicians.
What are 5 W’s of epidemiology?
The difference is that epidemiologists tend to use synonyms for the 5 W’s: diagnosis or health event (what), person (who), place (where), time (when), and causes, risk factors, and modes of transmission (why/how).
Why do mosquito bite me?
She requires blood to produce eggs. Her mouthparts are constructed so that they pierce the skin, literally sucking the blood out. Her saliva lubricates the opening. It’s the saliva plus the injury to the skin that creates the stinging and irritation we associate with mosquito bites.