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Epidemiology - correct answer. is the science of public health
Population Health - correct answer. focuses on risk, data, demographics, and
outcomes.
Outcomes - correct answer. is the end result that follows an intervention
aggregate - correct answer. is a defined population.
community - correct answer. is composed of multiple aggregates
data - correct answer. is complied information
Prevalence - correct answer. measures the existence of a disease. Measures the
number of all cases of a disease or attribute in a population at a given time
Incidence - correct answer. measures the appearance of a disease. Measures the
occurrence of new events in a population over a period of time.
surveillance - correct answer. is the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data.
high-risk - correct answer. is an increased chance of poor health outcome.
Morbidity - correct answer. is the presence of illness in a population
mortality - correct answer. is related to the tracking deaths in an aggregate
vital statistics - correct answer. statistics on live births, deaths, fetal deaths,
marriages and divorces.
cases - correct answer. set of criteria used in making a decision as to whether an
individual has a disease or health event of interest
Social Justice - correct answer. the view that everyone deserves equal rights and
opportunities —this includes the right to good health
, Inter-professional collaboration - correct answer. The idea of sharing and implies
collective action oriented toward a common goal, in this case, improving the quality and
safety of patient care. It involves responsibility, accountability, coordination,
communication, cooperation, assertiveness, mutual respect, and autonomy.
Healthy People 2020 - correct answer. aims to reach four overarching goals:
1.Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and
premature death, 2. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health
of all groups 3.Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life
stages.
Determinants of care/health - correct answer. The range of personal, social,
economic, and environmental factors that influence health status are known ...
risk analysis - correct answer. the characterization of the potential adverse health
effects of human exposures to environmental hazards
health disparities - correct answer. the difference in health statuses between various
groups (populations).
Sensitivity - correct answer. measures the proportion of actual positives that are
correctly identified as such (e.g., the percentage of sick people who are correctly
identified as having the condition)
Specificity - correct answer. (also called the true negative rate) measures the
proportion of actual negatives that are correctly identified as such (e.g., the percentage
of healthy people who are correctly identified as not having the condition)
Positive predictive value - correct answer. is the probability that subjects with a
positive screening test truly have the disease
epidemiological triangle - correct answer. 1. A traditional model of infectious disease
causation, known as the Epidemiological Triad is depicted in Figure 2. The triad
consists of an external agent, a host and an environment in which host and agent are
brought together, causing the disease to occur in the host.
confounding variable - correct answer. is an "extra" variable that you didn't account
for. They can ruin an experiment and give you useless results. They can suggest there
is correlation when in fact there isn't. They can even introduce bias. That's why it's
important to know what one is, and how to avoid getting them into your experiment in
the first place
Study Methods - correct answer. descriptive and analytic