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This document is a comprehensive test bank for Gordis Epidemiology, 7th Edition by David D. Celentano and Moyses Szklo, covering Chapters 1 through 20. It includes exam-style questions with verified correct answers focused on core epidemiologic principles, study design, measures of disease frequency, bias and confounding, screening, causation, and public health applications.

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TestBankForGordisEpidemiology7thEditionBy
DavidDCelentano;MoysesSzkloChapters1–20
Complete

,TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
Chapter 3 The Occurrence of Disease
Chapter 4 The Occurrence of Disease
Chapter 5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
Chapter 6 The Natural History of Disease
Chapter 7 Observational Studies
Chapter 8 Cohort Studies
Chapter 9 Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies
Chapter 10 Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Measures
Chapter 11 Randomized Trials
Chapter 12 Estimating Risk
Chapter 13 More on Risk
Chapter 14 From Association to Causation
Chapter 15 More on Causal Inference
Chapter 16 Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation
Chapter 17 Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
Chapter 18 Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs
Chapter 19 Epidemiology and Public Policy
Chapter 20 Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology

,Chapter 01: Introduction
Celentano: Gordis Epidemiology, 7th Edition Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention?

a. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger than the age of 1 yea
r b. Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone can
cer) c. Screening for gestational diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy
d. Sexual education program in elementary schools
Increasing taxes for buying cigarettes

ANSWER:AB

Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is an example in whic
h when a disease is present the treatment (amputation) is done to reduce the impact of disea
se by preventing the tumor from dissemination. Vaccination for rotavirus for children young
er than the age of 1 year, sexual education program in elementary schools, and increasing ta
xes for buying cigarettes represent examples of primary prevention. Screening for gestationa
l diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy is an example of secondary prevention.

This historic character observed that childbed fever mortality more common among women t
reated by physicians and medical students compared with women treated by midwives. Base
d on his observations, he implemented a hand wash policy that resulted in adecrease in morta
lity. Name the character that we are talking about.

John Snow
Edward Jenner
D.A. Henderson
Leon Gordis
Ignaz Semmelweis

ANSWER:AE

Ignaz Semmelweis identified that medical students and physicians transmitted the disease
by not washing their hands after examining bodies at autopsies and conducting multiple ex
aminations in the clinic.

Thanks to the contributions of Edward Jenner, the following disease was eradicated later
by efforts organized by D.A. Henderson:

Cholera
Smallpox
Chickenpox
Polio
Zika




.

, ANSWER:AB

Smallpox was eradicated in 1980. Edward Jenner vaccinated James Phipps in 1796 again
st smallpox. Almost 200 years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) commission
ed D.A. Henderson to lead the efforts to eradicate the disease.

Over the past century, a marked decline in the mortality rates of many infectious diseas
es has been observed. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the observed de
cline in mortality rates from common infectious diseases?

Development of penicillin
Development of insulin
Development of vaccines
Improvement in social conditions
Worse sanitation and unsafe water

ANSWER:AD

Although medical treatments potentially helped in the decrease of infectious diseases, the
advancement in social conditions played a major role. These improvements include bett
er sanitation, safe disposal of waste, better nutrition, and improvement in housing conditi
ons.




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