PHC6000 Exam 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Public health - CORRECT ANSWER multidisciplinary field whose goal is to promote
the health of the population through organized community efforts
Public health vs. Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER The public health approach focuses
on the health promotion of community rather than the treatment of individuals
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER The study of the distribution and determinants
of health phenomena in populations and application of study to control health problems
Branches of epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER descriptive and analytical
Determinants - CORRECT ANSWER factors or events influencing health (occurence
of health-related events);(capable of bringing about change in health status
Health determinants - CORRECT ANSWER genetics, demographics, behaviors and
lifestyle, environmental, societal (poverty, political instability)
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER disease (infectious, chronic, mental, injury,
disability, birth defects, limitation of activity)
Health Phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER morbidity, mortality, maternal-child health,
quality of life, and behavior
Aims of epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER To describe the health status of
populations
To explain the etiology of disease
To predict the occurrence of disease
To control the occurrence of disease
, Levels of epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER understanding the natural history of
disease and contributing factors. Intervention.
Characterization of epidemiologic approach - CORRECT ANSWER quantification,
vocabulary, and interdisciplinary composition
Quanitification - CORRECT ANSWER Method of causal reasoning based on
developing and testing hypotheses (graphs, maps, tables)
Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER occurrence of an illness or illnesses over what is
expected
Methods for ascertaining an epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER surveillance, systemic
data collection on disease occurrence, analysis, interpretation & dissemination
Endemic - CORRECT ANSWER present in a geographic region (e.g. Malaria in
Africa)
Pandemic - CORRECT ANSWER worldwide epidemic
A single case of disease is an epidemic? - CORRECT ANSWER it can be! Depending
on the baseline distribution in order to establish an epidemic threshold
Interdisciplinary composition - CORRECT ANSWER Epidemiology draws from a
number of disciplines (microbiology, biostatistics, social and behavioral sciences, chemistry,
clinical and veterinary medicine)
Descriptive epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER describes patterns of health
phenomena in a population (what, when, who, where); Used to identify a health problem that
may exist; characterize amount and distribution of disease within a population; provides
direction for future programs and studies to explain the differences
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Public health - CORRECT ANSWER multidisciplinary field whose goal is to promote
the health of the population through organized community efforts
Public health vs. Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER The public health approach focuses
on the health promotion of community rather than the treatment of individuals
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER The study of the distribution and determinants
of health phenomena in populations and application of study to control health problems
Branches of epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER descriptive and analytical
Determinants - CORRECT ANSWER factors or events influencing health (occurence
of health-related events);(capable of bringing about change in health status
Health determinants - CORRECT ANSWER genetics, demographics, behaviors and
lifestyle, environmental, societal (poverty, political instability)
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER disease (infectious, chronic, mental, injury,
disability, birth defects, limitation of activity)
Health Phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER morbidity, mortality, maternal-child health,
quality of life, and behavior
Aims of epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER To describe the health status of
populations
To explain the etiology of disease
To predict the occurrence of disease
To control the occurrence of disease
, Levels of epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER understanding the natural history of
disease and contributing factors. Intervention.
Characterization of epidemiologic approach - CORRECT ANSWER quantification,
vocabulary, and interdisciplinary composition
Quanitification - CORRECT ANSWER Method of causal reasoning based on
developing and testing hypotheses (graphs, maps, tables)
Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER occurrence of an illness or illnesses over what is
expected
Methods for ascertaining an epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER surveillance, systemic
data collection on disease occurrence, analysis, interpretation & dissemination
Endemic - CORRECT ANSWER present in a geographic region (e.g. Malaria in
Africa)
Pandemic - CORRECT ANSWER worldwide epidemic
A single case of disease is an epidemic? - CORRECT ANSWER it can be! Depending
on the baseline distribution in order to establish an epidemic threshold
Interdisciplinary composition - CORRECT ANSWER Epidemiology draws from a
number of disciplines (microbiology, biostatistics, social and behavioral sciences, chemistry,
clinical and veterinary medicine)
Descriptive epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER describes patterns of health
phenomena in a population (what, when, who, where); Used to identify a health problem that
may exist; characterize amount and distribution of disease within a population; provides
direction for future programs and studies to explain the differences
