Solved Questions And Answers {2025|
2026}
What life-related factors are affected by injury, making prevention important? (6)
CORRECT ANSWERS - Time away from school, work or sport
- Physical activity level
- Self-esteem
- Social network
- Well-being
- Long-term disability (i.e. OA)
Define epidemiology. CORRECT ANSWERS The study of health-related events, states
and processes, and their occurrences, distribution, and determinants for application
Define etiology. CORRECT ANSWERS The causal process.
Define risk factor. CORRECT ANSWERS - Determinant
- A factor that is causally related to a change in the risk of relevant health processes,
outcomes or conditions.
Define prevalence. CORRECT ANSWERS Proportion of individuals in a population who
have a health condition in a given period of time.
Define incidence. CORRECT ANSWERS The number (i.e. rate or proportion) of new
health-related events occurring in a specified population in a given time period.
What is injury surveillance CORRECT ANSWERS Tracking and recording the incidence
of injury or injuries Who what when how why?
What are the steps of the Injury Prevention Research Practice framework? CORRECT
ANSWERS 1. Injury surveillance
2. Etiology
3. Strategies to prevent injury
4. Scientific evaluation of the strategy
5. Describe intervention context
6. Evaluate effectiveness in implementation context
What are some limitations in research? CORRECT ANSWERS Sports injury
surveillance is challenging:
- Logistically
- Financially
- Standards & consistency (i.e. defining severe injury)