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Table of Contents:
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
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Chapter 3 The Occurrence of Disease
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Chapter 4 The Occurrence of Disease
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Chapter 5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
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Chapter 6 The Natural History of Disease
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Chapter 7 Observational Studies
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Chapter 8 Cohort Studies
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Chapter 9 Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies
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Chapter 10 Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Measures
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Chapter 11 Randomized Trials
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Chapter 12 Estimating Risk
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Chapter 13 More on Risk
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Chapter 14 From Association to Causation
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Chapter 15 More on Causal Inference
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Chapter 16 Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation
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Chapter 17 Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
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Chapter 18 Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs
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Chapter 19 Epidemiology and Public Policy
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Chapter 20 Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology
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, Chapter 01: Introduction mm mm
Celentano: Gordis Epidemiology, 6th Edition Test Bank
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MULTIPLE CHOICE mm
1. Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention?
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a. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger than the age of 1 year
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b. Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer)
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c. Screening for gestational diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy
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d. Sexual education program in elementary schools
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e. Increasing taxes for buying mm mm mm
cigarettes ANS: B
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Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is an example in
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which when a disease is present the treatment (amputation) is done to reduce the
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impact of disease by preventing the tumor from dissemination. Vaccination for
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rotavirus for children younger than the age of 1 year, sexual education program in
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elementary schools, and increasing taxes for buying cigarettes represent examples of
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primary prevention. Screening for gestational diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy is
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an example of secondary prevention.
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2. This historic character observed that childbed fever mortality more common among
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women treated by physicians and medical students compared with women treated by
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midwives. Based on his observations, he implemented a hand wash policy that resulted
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in adecrease in mortality. Name the character that we are talking about.
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a. John Snow mm
b. Edward Jenner mm
c. D.A. Henderson mm
d. Leon Gordis mm
e. Ignaz Semmelweis mm
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Ignaz Semmelweis identified that medical students and physicians transmitted the
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disease by not washing their hands after examining bodies at autopsies and
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conducting multiple examinations in the clinic.
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3. Thanks to the contributions of Edward Jenner, the following disease was eradicated
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later by efforts organized by D.A. Henderson:
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a. Cholera
b. Smallpox
c. Chickenpox
d. Polio
e. Zika