EPIDEMIOLOGY 101 EXAM 1 GUIDE CH
1-4 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
3 Types of Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Primary: before the
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disease occurs | |
- Secondary: during progression of the disease
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- Tertiary: during later stages of the disease
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primary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-before the disease occurs-
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promotes general health environment, implement health ed programs,
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admin. immunizations.
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secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-during progression of
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the disease-screening, early detection; such as cancer or other chronic
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disease.
tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-during later stages of the
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disease-restoring patient's optimal functioning, such as PT for stroke
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victims.
,Disease Management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Refers to a method of
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reducing healthcare costs by providing integrated care for chronic
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conditions
- Examples include integrated care for:
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- Heart disease
| |
- Hypertension
|
- Diabetes
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Edward Jenner - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Eighteenth Century (1700-
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1799)
- (1749-1823) English physician / scientist who developed a method for
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smallpox vaccination in 1796
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Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The occurrence in a community or
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region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other
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health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy
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What is meant by Epidemiology is an interdisciplinary science? What
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fields are involved? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Meaning it uses
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information from many fields including:
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- Mathematics and biostatistics
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- History
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- Sociology
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, - Demography and geography
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- Behavioral sciences
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- Law
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John Snow - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- 1813-1858
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- An English anesthesiologist who innovated several of the key
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epidemiologic methods that remain valid and in use today - Believed
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that cholera was transmitted by contaminated water and was able to
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demonstrate this association | |
John Snow's Contributions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Powers of
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observation and written expression
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- Application of epidemiologic methods
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- Used mapping (spot maps of cases)
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- Used data tables to describe infectious disease outbreaks
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- Recommended a public health measure to prevent disease
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Key Characteristics of Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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Population Focus- |
- Distribution-
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- Determinants-
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- Outcomes-
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1-4 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
3 Types of Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Primary: before the
| | | | | | | | | |
disease occurs | |
- Secondary: during progression of the disease
| | | | | |
- Tertiary: during later stages of the disease
| | | | | | |
primary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-before the disease occurs-
| | | | | | | |
promotes general health environment, implement health ed programs,
| | | | | | | |
admin. immunizations.
|
secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-during progression of
| | | | | | |
the disease-screening, early detection; such as cancer or other chronic
| | | | | | | | | |
disease.
tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-during later stages of the
| | | | | | | | |
disease-restoring patient's optimal functioning, such as PT for stroke
| | | | | | | | |
victims.
,Disease Management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Refers to a method of
| | | | | | | | | |
reducing healthcare costs by providing integrated care for chronic
| | | | | | | | |
conditions
- Examples include integrated care for:
| | | | |
- Heart disease
| |
- Hypertension
|
- Diabetes
|
Edward Jenner - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Eighteenth Century (1700-
| | | | | | |
1799)
- (1749-1823) English physician / scientist who developed a method for
| | | | | | | | | | |
smallpox vaccination in 1796
| | |
Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The occurrence in a community or
| | | | | | | | |
region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other
| | | | | | | | | | |
health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy
| | | | | | |
What is meant by Epidemiology is an interdisciplinary science? What
| | | | | | | | | |
fields are involved? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Meaning it uses
| | | | | | | | |
information from many fields including:
| | | |
- Mathematics and biostatistics
| | |
- History
| |
- Sociology
|
, - Demography and geography
| | |
- Behavioral sciences
| |
- Law
|
John Snow - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- 1813-1858
| | | | |
- An English anesthesiologist who innovated several of the key
| | | | | | | | | |
epidemiologic methods that remain valid and in use today - Believed
| | | | | | | | | | |
that cholera was transmitted by contaminated water and was able to
| | | | | | | | | | |
demonstrate this association | |
John Snow's Contributions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Powers of
| | | | | | | |
observation and written expression
| | |
- Application of epidemiologic methods
| | | |
- Used mapping (spot maps of cases)
| | | | | |
- Used data tables to describe infectious disease outbreaks
| | | | | | | |
- Recommended a public health measure to prevent disease
| | | | | | | |
Key Characteristics of Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
| | | | | | |
Population Focus- |
- Distribution-
|
- Determinants-
|
- Outcomes-
|
