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Chapter 01: Introduction
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1. Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention?
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a. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger than the age of 1 year




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b. Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer)
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c. Screening for gestational diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy
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Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is an example in which
when a disease is present the treatment (amputation) is done to reduce the impact of disease
by preventing the tumor from dissemination. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger
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than the age of 1-year, sexual education program in elementary schools, and increasing taxes
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for buying cigarettes represent examples of primary prevention. Screening for gestational
diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy is an example of secondary prevention.
2. This historic character observed that childbed fever mortality was more common among
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women treated by physicians and medical students compared with women treated by
midwives. Based on his observations, he implemented a hand wash policy that resulted in a
decrease in mortality. Name the character that we are talking about.
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a. John Snow
b. Edward Jenner
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c. D.A. Henderson
d. Leon Gordis
e. Ignaz Semmelweis
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Ignaz Semmelweis identified that medical students and physicians transmitted the disease by
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not washing their hands after examining bodies at autopsies and conducting multiple
examinations in the clinic.
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3. Thanks to the contributions of Edward Jenner, the following disease was eradicated later
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a. Cholera
b. Smallpox
c. Chickenpox
d. Polio




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Smallpox was eradicated in 1980. Edward Jenner vaccinated James Phipps in 1796 against
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smallpox. Almost 200 years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) commissioned
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4. Over the past century, a marked decline in the mortality rates of many infectious diseases
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has been observed. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the observed decline
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c. Development of vaccines
d. Improvement in social conditions
e. Worse sanitation and unsafe water
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sanitation, safe disposal of waste, better nutrition, and improvement in housing conditions.
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David D Celentano, Moyses Szklo, Youssef Farag Gordis Epidemiology
Publisher: 2018 ISBN: 9780323552295 Edition: Unknown

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