MPH 530: Epidemiology Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

MPH 530: Epidemiology Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions etiology - Correct Answer cause of a disease and relevant factors that increase a person's risk for disease 1. To identify the etiology or cause of a condition 2. To determine the extent of disease found in the community 3. To study the natural history and prognosis of disease 4. To evaluate both existing and newly developed preventive and therapeutic measures and modes of health care delivery 5. To provide the foundation for developing public policy relating to environmental problems, genetic issues, and other considerations regarding disease prevention and health promotion - Correct Answer 5 objectives of epidemiology primary prevention - Correct Answer - denotes an action taken to prevent the development of a disease in a person who is well and does not yet have the disease in question - refers to stopping the initial development of a disease secondary prevention - Correct Answer involves identifying people in whom a disease process has already begun but who have not yet developed clinical signs and symptoms of the illness; aka "preclinical phase" early detection of existing disease to reduce severity and complications tertiary prevention - Correct Answer denotes preventing complications in those who have already developed signs and symptoms of an illness and have been diagnosed; aka "clinical phase" reducing the impact of the disease Semmelweis (1850) - Correct Answer concluded childbed fever was from physicians not washing hands between autopsy and the delivery room