BSN325 Sherpath ASSIGNMENT
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 AND EIGHT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS.
Question 1 of 6
What is the main purpose of epidemiologic surveillance?
Identifies causes of disease
Advocates for epidemiologic research
Provides data for making public health decisions
Builds relationships among local public health agencies
Provides data for making public health decisions
Surveillance is the purposeful and on-going acquisition, interpretation, and
synthesis of data for decision making about interventions conducted in local
and national public health programs.
Question 2 of 6
Which core terms define the distribution of health events observed
within a population?
Select all that apply.
Spread
Pattern
Intensity
Magnitude
Frequency
,Pattern
Frequency
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Question 3 of 6
Match the public health functions to their branch of epidemiology.
Health event surveillance and monitoring
Descriptive epidemiology
Investigation of causes and factors contributing to health events
Analytic epidemiology
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Question 4 of 6
What is the function of a comparison group in analytic epidemiology?
Eliminates the need for standardized rate reporting
Sets standards for reasonable disease rates within a population
Provides baseline data to quantify the association between suspected causes
and effects
Provides epidemiologists with adequate evidence to establish causality
between determinants and health outcomes
Provides baseline data to quantify the association between suspected causes
and effects
Comparison groups provide data to quantify the association between
suspected causes and effects, and test hypotheses about specific
determinants as causal agents of disease.
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Question 5 of 6
Which elements comprise the epidemiological triangle model of disease
causality?
Select all that apply.
Host
Agent
Exposure
Genetic core
Environment
Host
Agent
Environment
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Question 6 of 6
When is the wheel model of disease causation more applicable than the
epidemiological triangle model?
When describing epidemiologic distribution
When analyzing diseases with high occurrence rates
When analyzing communicable diseases in a population
When analyzing complex chronic conditions with multiple causes
When analyzing complex chronic conditions with multiple causes
The wheel model of human-environment interaction is more useful for
analyzing complex chronic conditions and identifying factors that are
, amenable to intervention because it subscribes to multiple-causation rather
than single-causation disease theory.
Question 1 of 6
Which are examples of upstream interventions in population-based
nursing?
Select all that apply.
Admitting a patient to a critical care unit
Organizing walking paths within a neighborhood
Training a patient's family member in CPR techniques
Lobbying policymakers for water-quality improvement
Providing community health education about skin cancer prevention
Organizing walking paths within a neighborhood
Lobbying policymakers for water-quality improvement
Providing community health education about skin cancer prevention
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Question 2 of 6
Downstream interventions include which defining characteristic?
Systems-focused actions
Individual-focused actions
Macroscopic-focused actions
Population-focused actions
Individual-focused actions
A defining characteristic of downstream interventions is that they are
characterized by individual-focused actions.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 AND EIGHT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS.
Question 1 of 6
What is the main purpose of epidemiologic surveillance?
Identifies causes of disease
Advocates for epidemiologic research
Provides data for making public health decisions
Builds relationships among local public health agencies
Provides data for making public health decisions
Surveillance is the purposeful and on-going acquisition, interpretation, and
synthesis of data for decision making about interventions conducted in local
and national public health programs.
Question 2 of 6
Which core terms define the distribution of health events observed
within a population?
Select all that apply.
Spread
Pattern
Intensity
Magnitude
Frequency
,Pattern
Frequency
*°
Question 3 of 6
Match the public health functions to their branch of epidemiology.
Health event surveillance and monitoring
Descriptive epidemiology
Investigation of causes and factors contributing to health events
Analytic epidemiology
*°
Question 4 of 6
What is the function of a comparison group in analytic epidemiology?
Eliminates the need for standardized rate reporting
Sets standards for reasonable disease rates within a population
Provides baseline data to quantify the association between suspected causes
and effects
Provides epidemiologists with adequate evidence to establish causality
between determinants and health outcomes
Provides baseline data to quantify the association between suspected causes
and effects
Comparison groups provide data to quantify the association between
suspected causes and effects, and test hypotheses about specific
determinants as causal agents of disease.
,*°
Question 5 of 6
Which elements comprise the epidemiological triangle model of disease
causality?
Select all that apply.
Host
Agent
Exposure
Genetic core
Environment
Host
Agent
Environment
*°
Question 6 of 6
When is the wheel model of disease causation more applicable than the
epidemiological triangle model?
When describing epidemiologic distribution
When analyzing diseases with high occurrence rates
When analyzing communicable diseases in a population
When analyzing complex chronic conditions with multiple causes
When analyzing complex chronic conditions with multiple causes
The wheel model of human-environment interaction is more useful for
analyzing complex chronic conditions and identifying factors that are
, amenable to intervention because it subscribes to multiple-causation rather
than single-causation disease theory.
Question 1 of 6
Which are examples of upstream interventions in population-based
nursing?
Select all that apply.
Admitting a patient to a critical care unit
Organizing walking paths within a neighborhood
Training a patient's family member in CPR techniques
Lobbying policymakers for water-quality improvement
Providing community health education about skin cancer prevention
Organizing walking paths within a neighborhood
Lobbying policymakers for water-quality improvement
Providing community health education about skin cancer prevention
*°
Question 2 of 6
Downstream interventions include which defining characteristic?
Systems-focused actions
Individual-focused actions
Macroscopic-focused actions
Population-focused actions
Individual-focused actions
A defining characteristic of downstream interventions is that they are
characterized by individual-focused actions.
