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El legado de John Snow: epidemiología sin fronteras.

Paul Fine¹, Cesar G Victora, Kenneth J Rothman

¹London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. paul.fine@lshtm.ac.uk

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|April 16, 2013

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Esta revisión destaca las amplias aplicaciones de los métodos epidemiológicos más allá de la salud, haciendo hincapié en la causalidad y la evaluación de la intervención. Alienta a ampliar el alcance de la epidemiología para abordar diversos desafíos sociales.

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Remote Laboratory Management: Respiratory Virus Diagnostics

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Área de la Ciencia:

Epidemiología La epidemiología.
Salud Pública La salud pública.
Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales.

Sus antecedentes:

Reunión para celebrar el legado de John Snow en la London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Los resúmenes cubren diversas aplicaciones de los métodos epidemiológicos.

Objetivo del estudio:

Mostrar la amplia utilidad de los enfoques epidemiológicos.
Explorar las implicaciones filosóficas y prácticas de la evaluación de la causalidad.
Hacer hincapié en la evaluación de las intervenciones en diversos dominios.

Principales métodos:

Revisión de los resúmenes presentados en una reunión científica.
Análisis de las aplicaciones epidemiológicas convencionales y no convencionales.
Identificación de temas comunes, incluida la evaluación de la causalidad y la intervención.

Principales resultados:

Los métodos epidemiológicos se aplican a las cuestiones de salud (enfermedades diarreicas, salud mental, cáncer) y áreas no relacionadas con la salud (educación, finanzas, delincuencia).
Los temas clave incluyen la influencia de John Snow, la causalidad y la evaluación de la intervención.
La epidemiología actual se centra principalmente en la salud, lo que sugiere la necesidad de un compromiso más amplio.

Conclusiones:

Los métodos de la epidemiología tienen una amplia aplicabilidad más allá de los sectores tradicionales de la salud.
Existe el potencial para una mayor colaboración y aprendizaje interdisciplinario.
Ampliar el mandato de las instituciones epidemiológicas puede abordar problemas sociales más amplios.