EPIDEMIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Epidemiology Objectives (5) - ANSWER-1) To identify a person's etiology/cause of the
disease, and the factors that increase the risk
2) To determine the extent of disease found in community - how spread is it?
3) To study the natural history and prognosis of the disease -
4) To evaluate old & new therapeutic measures and modes of healthcare delivery
5) To make public policy
Public Health - ANSWER-The Science concerned with protecting and improving the:
Physical,
Mental,
and Social
Wellbeing of a community as a whole
To prevent disease & prolong life
What does Primary Prevention in Public Health entail? - ANSWER-1) Monitoring and
Surveillance
2) Responses to unanticipated disasters
3) Health promotion through educating the community
4) Target hard to reach populations
Distinction between Clinicians & Epidemiologists - ANSWER-Clinicians: concerned with
the health of the individual
Epidemiologists: concerned with collective health of the people in a community or area
Descriptive Epidemiology - ANSWER-Natural (because it's just describing what's
happening) History and Distribution of Disease in a Population,
Looks at new emerging issues, and provides basis for planning, AND
identifies problems to be studied by analytic methods
The Triad of Descriptive Epidemiology - ANSWER-1) Time
2) Person
ANSWERS
Epidemiology Objectives (5) - ANSWER-1) To identify a person's etiology/cause of the
disease, and the factors that increase the risk
2) To determine the extent of disease found in community - how spread is it?
3) To study the natural history and prognosis of the disease -
4) To evaluate old & new therapeutic measures and modes of healthcare delivery
5) To make public policy
Public Health - ANSWER-The Science concerned with protecting and improving the:
Physical,
Mental,
and Social
Wellbeing of a community as a whole
To prevent disease & prolong life
What does Primary Prevention in Public Health entail? - ANSWER-1) Monitoring and
Surveillance
2) Responses to unanticipated disasters
3) Health promotion through educating the community
4) Target hard to reach populations
Distinction between Clinicians & Epidemiologists - ANSWER-Clinicians: concerned with
the health of the individual
Epidemiologists: concerned with collective health of the people in a community or area
Descriptive Epidemiology - ANSWER-Natural (because it's just describing what's
happening) History and Distribution of Disease in a Population,
Looks at new emerging issues, and provides basis for planning, AND
identifies problems to be studied by analytic methods
The Triad of Descriptive Epidemiology - ANSWER-1) Time
2) Person
