Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Descriptive Epidemiology - ANSWER-deals with the frequency and the distribution of risk factors in populations and enables to assess the extent of a disease. It can thus provide hypotheses of etiologic research Analytical Epidemiology - ANSWER-aims to research and study risk and protector factors of diseases. Pandemic - ANSWER-An epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries, and usually affecting a large number of people. Ex.. 1918 influenza (S...

Incidence - ANSWER-The number of new cases per person per unit of time Prevalence - ANSWER-The proportion of the population at a given time that has a case Case Fatality Rate - ANSWER-Ratio of fatal cases to total cases Risk factor - ANSWER-A definable element of exposure that captures at least one part of the pathway by which the cause increases the risk that a member of the population will meet the criteria of a case. Observational Study - ANSWER-Study in which events occur without...

Epidemiology is the: - ANSWER-Study of disease among populations John Snow contributed to the field of epidemiology largely through his investigation of: - ANSWER-Cholera The study of disease statistics is: - ANSWER-Morbidity The association between cigarette smoking and cancer reported by the Surgeon General of the United States in what year? - ANSWER-1964 A ________ is a type of ratio used to measure risks associated with exposures and provide information about the speed of develop...

What three factors make infectious disease epidemiology different than other Epidemiologies studied? - ANSWER-1. two or more populations (non-inf. usually just deals with one population) 2. a case is a risk factor (non-inf. - risk leads to a case) 3. the cause is often unknown (non-inf. - cause is identified) What are the populations that may be included within an infectious disease epidemiology? - ANSWER-- humans - infectious agents - vectors - animals What are some of the reasons in...

What is epidemiology? - ANSWER-Study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the application of this study to the control of health problems What is distribution? - ANSWER-Who? Where? When? Which animals are affected (ages, breed, location, time)? What are determinants? - ANSWER-Why? How? Why are the specific animals affected and others are not? What "risk factors" are causing this? T/F - Health events are often r...

epi- - ANSWER-on/upon demos - ANSWER-people logos - ANSWER-the study of Epidemiology - ANSWER-the STUDY of the DISTRIBUTION and DETERMINANTS of HEALTH-RELATED STATES OR EVENTS in SPECIFIED POPULATIONS, and the APPLICATION of this study to the control of health problems Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people. study - ANSWER-Epidemiology is DATA-DRIVEN and relies on a SYSTEMATIC and UNBIASED A...

Epidemiology (basic definition) - ANSWER-the study of how disease or health is distributed in populations and the factors that influence or determine this distribution what factors determine if one person develops a disease - ANSWER-genetics, environment, behavior, location, socioeconomic status (education + income) Epidemiology - ANSWER-the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related events in a specified population, and the application of the study to control health prob...

Of the following terms, which one describes a relationship (usually a statistical correlation) between two or more events? - ANSWER-Association During a lecture, an epidemiologist refers to factors underlying the determinants of health and the interplay between them. Which of the following factors is considered a Determinant of Health? - ANSWER-Policy Making What term is used to describe the study of how disease is distributed in the population? - ANSWER-Epidemiology The field of epidem...

Of the following, what is the key for a successful community outreach program? - ANSWER-Involvement of stakeholders What may be used by healthcare organizations in the development of measures for health status and program effectiveness? - ANSWER-Healthy People 2020 Report The management concept of continuous improvement can best be seen in which of the following process elements of the Population Health Improvement (PHI) model? - ANSWER-Analyzing performance and health status What is us...

What is the main purpose of epidemiologic surveillance? -Identifies causes of disease -Advocates for epidemiologic research -Provides data for making public health decisions -Builds relationships among local public health agencies - ANSWER--Provides data for making public health decisions Rationale: Surveillance is the purposeful and on-going acquisition, interpretation, and synthesis of data for decision making about interventions conducted in local and national public health programs. ...