HS 310 Exam 2 Questions With Complete Solutions.

HS 310 Exam 2 Questions With Complete
Solutions

Community Health Classification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-acute and
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communicable or noncommunicable | |




Chain of Infection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-step by step model for
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transmission of a communicable disease | | | |




Steps of the chain of infection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. pathogen
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(disease causing agent)
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2. reservoir (favorable environment for pathogen to grow)
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3. portal of exit (path by which agent leaves host
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4. mode of transmission (how pathogens are passed)
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5. portal of entry
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6. new host
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Direct transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-immediate transfer of
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disease agent (sexual intercourse, touching)
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, Indirect transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-disease transmission
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involving intermediate step (airborne)
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Criteria used to judge importance of disease to a community - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-leading cause of death, years of potential life lost,
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economic costs to society| | |




Goals of Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.prevention
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2.intervention
3.control
4.eradication


Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-forestall onset of illness or
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injury during pre-pathogenesis period
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Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-early diagnosis and
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prompt treatment before disease becomes advanced
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Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Aimed at rehabilitation,
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retrain, reeducate
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Primary Prevention of Communicable Diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Individuals: hand washing, using condoms
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