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A epidemiologia é a ciência que estuda a
distribuição dos estados de saúde/doença e os seus fatores
condicionantes e determinantes nas populações humanas. A
epidemiologia permite ainda a avaliação da eficácia das
intervenções realizadas no âmbito da saúde pública, bem como
descreve as diferenças existentes na saúde das populações e
procura as explicações etiológicas para essas desigualdades. O
presente artigo faz uma resenha histórica da evolução do
conceito de epidemiologia e descreve o contributo dos
principais responsáveis por essa evolução, desde Hipócrates
até ao seculo XXI. Foi efetuada uma pesquisa nas bases de
dados Pubmed/Medline para identificar publicações originais,
editoriais e artigos de revisão sobre a temática em estudo, com
recurso às seguintes palavras-chave, epidemiology, public
health, evidence based public health, historical evolution of
epidemiology, epidemiological research in health.
Abstract Epidemiology is the science that allows us to study the distribution of the state of health/illness and their conditioning and determining factors in human populations. Epidemiology also allows the assessment of the effectiveness of interventions in the field of public health, as well allows to describe the differences in the health of populations and the search for etiological explanations for these inequalities. This article is a historical overview of the evolution of the concept of epidemiology and describes the contribution of the main responsibles for this evolution, from Hippocrates to the twenty-first century. We performed a search in the Pubmed/Medline to identify original publications, editorials and review articles about the subject in study using the following keywords, “epidemiology”, “public health”, “evidence based public health”, “historical evolution of epidemiology”, “epidemiological research in health”.
Abstract Epidemiology is the science that allows us to study the distribution of the state of health/illness and their conditioning and determining factors in human populations. Epidemiology also allows the assessment of the effectiveness of interventions in the field of public health, as well allows to describe the differences in the health of populations and the search for etiological explanations for these inequalities. This article is a historical overview of the evolution of the concept of epidemiology and describes the contribution of the main responsibles for this evolution, from Hippocrates to the twenty-first century. We performed a search in the Pubmed/Medline to identify original publications, editorials and review articles about the subject in study using the following keywords, “epidemiology”, “public health”, “evidence based public health”, “historical evolution of epidemiology”, “epidemiological research in health”.
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epidemiologia saúde pública evolução saúde/doença epidemiology health/illness public health evolution
Citation
Pereira, Carlos & Veiga, Nélio (2014). A Epidemiologia. De Hipócrates ao século XXI. Millenium, 47 (jun/dez). Pp. 129‐140.