LEC 2: LEVELS OF PREVENTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Methemoglobinemia - answ.Change in hemoglobin molecule that impairs the ability of red
blood cells to carry oxygen
Primary Prevention - answ.-Precedes disease or dysfunction
-Purpose is to decrease the vulnerability of the individual or population to disease or
dysfunction
-Health promotion activities
-Includes health education about risk factors
-Advocating for health policies that promote health
Secondary Prevention - answ.Screening, early treatment, limiting disability by averting or
delaying the consequences of disease
-Throat culture
-CBC
-Flu Culture
Tertiary Prevention (3) - answ.Minimizing the adverse effects of disease and disability by
surveillance and maintenance activities aimed at preventing complications and deterioration.
-Focus on rehabilitation to help people
Level of prevention:
Bike Helmet
Soul Cycle Class
STI Testing
, HS Health Class
Putting Socks on when dress - answ.P
P
S
Purposes of Epidemiology - answ.Study past or current trends in health status or level of disease
-Establish etiology (cause) of disease
-Determine need for health services
-Identify feasible disease-prevention and health promotion strategies
-Suggest need for future research in health and disease
-Predict future disease outbreaks
****Mortality - answ.Means death
Crude Mortality - answ.# of deaths in selected yr/# of people in population x 100k
Infant Mortality - answ.#of infant deaths during yr/#of live births in yr x 1k
Disease specific mortality - answ.#of deaths due to specific disease/#of population x 100k
Age specific mortality - answ.#of deaths in selected specific age group/# of people in same age
group x 100k
Shift in Causes of Death - answ.Infectious-->Non Communicable
Morbidity - answ.Means illness
Methemoglobinemia - answ.Change in hemoglobin molecule that impairs the ability of red
blood cells to carry oxygen
Primary Prevention - answ.-Precedes disease or dysfunction
-Purpose is to decrease the vulnerability of the individual or population to disease or
dysfunction
-Health promotion activities
-Includes health education about risk factors
-Advocating for health policies that promote health
Secondary Prevention - answ.Screening, early treatment, limiting disability by averting or
delaying the consequences of disease
-Throat culture
-CBC
-Flu Culture
Tertiary Prevention (3) - answ.Minimizing the adverse effects of disease and disability by
surveillance and maintenance activities aimed at preventing complications and deterioration.
-Focus on rehabilitation to help people
Level of prevention:
Bike Helmet
Soul Cycle Class
STI Testing
, HS Health Class
Putting Socks on when dress - answ.P
P
S
Purposes of Epidemiology - answ.Study past or current trends in health status or level of disease
-Establish etiology (cause) of disease
-Determine need for health services
-Identify feasible disease-prevention and health promotion strategies
-Suggest need for future research in health and disease
-Predict future disease outbreaks
****Mortality - answ.Means death
Crude Mortality - answ.# of deaths in selected yr/# of people in population x 100k
Infant Mortality - answ.#of infant deaths during yr/#of live births in yr x 1k
Disease specific mortality - answ.#of deaths due to specific disease/#of population x 100k
Age specific mortality - answ.#of deaths in selected specific age group/# of people in same age
group x 100k
Shift in Causes of Death - answ.Infectious-->Non Communicable
Morbidity - answ.Means illness
