NUR 410 Nursing Concepts for Community and Public Health Exam 2 Questions with Answers

A measure of the potential ability of an infected host to transmit the infection to other hosts. It reflects the relative ease with which the infectious agent is transmitted to others (Stanhope 289) *Infectiousness the time interval between invasion by an infectious agent and the first appearance of signs and symptoms of the disease. (Stanhope 290) *Incubation period the interval during which an infectious agent may be transferred directly or indirectly from an infected person to another person. (Stanhope 290) *Communicable period is the constant presence of a disease in a geographic area or population. *Endemic is the occurrence of a disease in excess of the normal distribution. when the rate of disease, injury, or other condition exceeds the usual level of that condition. (Stanhope 256) *Epidemic is a worldwide occurrence of a disease in excess of the normal distribution. an epidemic occurring worldwide and affecting large populations. (Stanhope 290) *Pandemic is the irreversible extermination of an infectious agent. removing a disease worldwide by ending all transmission of infection through the complete extermination of the infectious agent. (Stanhope 294) *Eradication is the removal of a disease from a large geographic area such as a country or region of the world *Elimination arthropods such as ticks and mosquitoes or other invertebrates such as snails that transmit the infectious agent by biting or depositing the infective material near the host. (Stanhope 290) *Vector a measure of the frequency of a health event in "a defined population, usually in a specified period of time" (Porta, 2008, p 207). *Rate the probability that an event will occur within a specified time period. (Stanhope 259) *Risk