Gordis Chapter 3 & 4 2024/2025 Exam
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For what is surveillance most frequently conducted? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔infectious
disease
Definition of surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the ongoing systematic collection,
analysis, and interpretation of health data essential to planning, implementing,
and evaluating public health practice and the dissemination of this information
to the right people
Passive surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔data collection that is mandated or required
from health care providers
problems with passive surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔not meant for studies- lack
of completeness, funds, willing staff
pros of passive surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inexpensive and easy
Active surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔going out and collecting data for a specific
project
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, Examples of active surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔interviews, reviewing medical
records, etc.
pros of active surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔more accurate because conducted by
people specifically employed to do so
cons of active surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔more expensive, time consuming,
lack of access to resources, differences in definitions
sentinel surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Monitoring of rate of occurrence of specific
conditions to assess the stability or change in health levels of a population
incidence rate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔# NEW cases during specific time period
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# persons at risk during that time period
incidence density - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔# NEW cases during specific time period
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total person-time
attack rate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔# of people exposed to a suspect food who became
ill
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number of people who were exposed to that food
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For what is surveillance most frequently conducted? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔infectious
disease
Definition of surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the ongoing systematic collection,
analysis, and interpretation of health data essential to planning, implementing,
and evaluating public health practice and the dissemination of this information
to the right people
Passive surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔data collection that is mandated or required
from health care providers
problems with passive surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔not meant for studies- lack
of completeness, funds, willing staff
pros of passive surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inexpensive and easy
Active surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔going out and collecting data for a specific
project
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619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Examples of active surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔interviews, reviewing medical
records, etc.
pros of active surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔more accurate because conducted by
people specifically employed to do so
cons of active surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔more expensive, time consuming,
lack of access to resources, differences in definitions
sentinel surveillance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Monitoring of rate of occurrence of specific
conditions to assess the stability or change in health levels of a population
incidence rate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔# NEW cases during specific time period
---------------------------------------------
# persons at risk during that time period
incidence density - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔# NEW cases during specific time period
---------------------------------------------
total person-time
attack rate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔# of people exposed to a suspect food who became
ill
----------------------------------------------------
number of people who were exposed to that food
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