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Epidemiology - <<ANSWER>>Science of public health.
Study of disease within populations & risk factors.
Risk factors are genetic, environmental, social, cultural, or on some direct action by the
individual.
Servers to find the "why" of a disease & then to analyze the disease screening,
treatment, prevention, and monitoring.
population health - <<ANSWER>>focuses on risk, data, demographics, and outcomes
Outcomes - <<ANSWER>>End result that follows an intervention
Aggregate - <<ANSWER>>defined population
Community - <<ANSWER>>Multiple aggregates
Data - <<ANSWER>>Compiled information
Prevalence - <<ANSWER>>Existence of a disease.
Number of all cases of the disease
Incidence - <<ANSWER>>Measures appearance of a disease over a period of time.
Surveillance - <<ANSWER>>Collection, analysis, and dissemination of data.
High-risk - <<ANSWER>>An increased chance of poor health outcomes
Morbidity - <<ANSWER>>Presence of illness in a population
Mortality - <<ANSWER>>Tracking deaths in an aggregate
, Vital statistics - <<ANSWER>>statistics on live births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages
and divorces
Cases - <<ANSWER>>Criterion used to make decisions whether the patient has a
disease or health event
Social Justice - <<ANSWER>>The view that everyone deserves equal economic,
political and social rights and opportunities-including the right to good health
Inter-professional collaboration - <<ANSWER>>Collaborative action oriented toward a
common goal of improving quality & safety of patient care.
Involves responsibility, accountability, coordination, communication, cooperation,
assertiveness, mutual respect, and autonomy.
HP2020 - <<ANSWER>>4 goals:
1) attain high-quality lives preventable disease
2) achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, improve health of all groups
3) create social and physical environments that promote good health.
4) promote quality of life, healthy development, and health
Determinants of Care - <<ANSWER>>Range of personal, social, economic, and
environmental factors that influence health status
prospective study - <<ANSWER>>an observational study in which subjects are followed
to observe future outcomes over a period of time
PROS: high-quality data, future proof, strong validity
CONS: expensive and time-consuming
retrospective study - <<ANSWER>>examines exposures to suspected risk in relation to
an outcome that is established at the start of a study
sources of error and bias
odds ration provides an estimate of relative risk
PROS: inexpensive, quick results
CONS: missing data, definitions adapted to bias, unmeasured confounder (after
thoughts)
Scientific misconduct - <<ANSWER>>The violation of standard codes of scholarly
conduct and ethical behavior in professional scientific research.
verified answers/accurate solutions|Already graded A+
Epidemiology - <<ANSWER>>Science of public health.
Study of disease within populations & risk factors.
Risk factors are genetic, environmental, social, cultural, or on some direct action by the
individual.
Servers to find the "why" of a disease & then to analyze the disease screening,
treatment, prevention, and monitoring.
population health - <<ANSWER>>focuses on risk, data, demographics, and outcomes
Outcomes - <<ANSWER>>End result that follows an intervention
Aggregate - <<ANSWER>>defined population
Community - <<ANSWER>>Multiple aggregates
Data - <<ANSWER>>Compiled information
Prevalence - <<ANSWER>>Existence of a disease.
Number of all cases of the disease
Incidence - <<ANSWER>>Measures appearance of a disease over a period of time.
Surveillance - <<ANSWER>>Collection, analysis, and dissemination of data.
High-risk - <<ANSWER>>An increased chance of poor health outcomes
Morbidity - <<ANSWER>>Presence of illness in a population
Mortality - <<ANSWER>>Tracking deaths in an aggregate
, Vital statistics - <<ANSWER>>statistics on live births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages
and divorces
Cases - <<ANSWER>>Criterion used to make decisions whether the patient has a
disease or health event
Social Justice - <<ANSWER>>The view that everyone deserves equal economic,
political and social rights and opportunities-including the right to good health
Inter-professional collaboration - <<ANSWER>>Collaborative action oriented toward a
common goal of improving quality & safety of patient care.
Involves responsibility, accountability, coordination, communication, cooperation,
assertiveness, mutual respect, and autonomy.
HP2020 - <<ANSWER>>4 goals:
1) attain high-quality lives preventable disease
2) achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, improve health of all groups
3) create social and physical environments that promote good health.
4) promote quality of life, healthy development, and health
Determinants of Care - <<ANSWER>>Range of personal, social, economic, and
environmental factors that influence health status
prospective study - <<ANSWER>>an observational study in which subjects are followed
to observe future outcomes over a period of time
PROS: high-quality data, future proof, strong validity
CONS: expensive and time-consuming
retrospective study - <<ANSWER>>examines exposures to suspected risk in relation to
an outcome that is established at the start of a study
sources of error and bias
odds ration provides an estimate of relative risk
PROS: inexpensive, quick results
CONS: missing data, definitions adapted to bias, unmeasured confounder (after
thoughts)
Scientific misconduct - <<ANSWER>>The violation of standard codes of scholarly
conduct and ethical behavior in professional scientific research.
