HOSA EPIDEMIOLOGY EVERYTHING Test 2024.

HOSA EPIDEMIOLOGY EVERYTHING Test 2024. 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 (Spanish flu) Distribution - ANSWER The occurrence of diseases and other health outcomes varies in populations, with some subgroups of the populations more frequently affected than others. Epidemic - ANSWER sudden increase in occurrence of disease in a population usually within a specific geographic region or population Exposures - ANSWER Related to determinants,which pertain either to contact with a disease-causing factor or to the amount of the factor that impinges upon a group or individuals. Determinants - ANSWER determinants Any factor that brings about change in a health condition or other defined characteristic.