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HSC 305: Chapter 1 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
key aspects to define epi - Answer✔✔-Determinants
Distribution
Morbidity/Mortality
Health Phenomena
Population
determinants - Answer✔✔-factors or events that are capable of bringing about a change in
health
determinant factors - Answer✔✔-Healthcare
Individual Factors
Social & Physical Environments
Social Inequality
Economic Factors
determinant examples - Answer✔✔-- biologic agents
- chemical agents
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- less specific factos: stress, drinking, high-fat diet
biologic agents - Answer✔✔-bacteria
chemical agents - Answer✔✔-carcinogens
distribution - Answer✔✔-frequency of disease occurrence may vary from one population to
another
epidemiology is often referred to as - Answer✔✔-population medicine
health phenomena - Answer✔✔-epi investigates many different kinds of health outcomes
- infectious diseases, chronic diseases, mortality
morbidity - Answer✔✔-designates illness
mortality - Answer✔✔-refers to death that occur in a population/group
aims & levels of epi - Answer✔✔-- describe
- explain
- predict
- control
describe - Answer✔✔-the health status of populations
explain - Answer✔✔-the etiology of disease
predict - Answer✔✔-the occurrence of disease
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HSC 305: Chapter 1 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
key aspects to define epi - Answer✔✔-Determinants
Distribution
Morbidity/Mortality
Health Phenomena
Population
determinants - Answer✔✔-factors or events that are capable of bringing about a change in
health
determinant factors - Answer✔✔-Healthcare
Individual Factors
Social & Physical Environments
Social Inequality
Economic Factors
determinant examples - Answer✔✔-- biologic agents
- chemical agents
Page 1/5
, EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024
- less specific factos: stress, drinking, high-fat diet
biologic agents - Answer✔✔-bacteria
chemical agents - Answer✔✔-carcinogens
distribution - Answer✔✔-frequency of disease occurrence may vary from one population to
another
epidemiology is often referred to as - Answer✔✔-population medicine
health phenomena - Answer✔✔-epi investigates many different kinds of health outcomes
- infectious diseases, chronic diseases, mortality
morbidity - Answer✔✔-designates illness
mortality - Answer✔✔-refers to death that occur in a population/group
aims & levels of epi - Answer✔✔-- describe
- explain
- predict
- control
describe - Answer✔✔-the health status of populations
explain - Answer✔✔-the etiology of disease
predict - Answer✔✔-the occurrence of disease
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