Test Bank For Gordis Epidemiology 7th Edition By David D Celentano; Moyses Szklo Chapters 1 - 20 Complete

Test Bank For Gordis Epidemiology
7th Edition By David D Celentano; Moyses Szklo
Chapters 1 - 20 Complete

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapteru1uIntroduction
Chapteru2uTheuDynamicsuofuDiseaseuTransmission
Chapteru3uTheuOccurrenceuofuDisease
Chapteru4uTheuOccurrenceuofuDisease
Chapteru5uAssessingutheuValidityuanduReliabilityuofuDiagnosticuanduScreeninguTests
Chapteru6uTheuNaturaluHistoryuofuDisease
Chapteru7uObservationaluStudies
Chapteru8uCohortuStudies
Chapteru9uComparinguCohortuanduCase-ControluStudies
Chapteru10uAssessinguPreventiveuanduTherapeuticuMeasures
Chapteru11uRandomizeduTrials
Chapteru12uEstimatinguRisk
Chapteru13uMoreuonuRisk
Chapteru14uFromuAssociationutouCausation
Chapteru15uMoreuonuCausaluInference
Chapteru16uIdentifyingutheuRolesuofuGeneticuanduEnvironmentaluFactorsuinuDiseaseuCausation
Chapteru17uUsinguEpidemiologyutouEvaluateuHealthuServices
Chapteru18uEpidemiologicuApproachutouEvaluatinguScreeninguPrograms
Chapteru19uEpidemiologyuanduPublicuPolicy
Chapteru20uEthicaluanduProfessionaluIssuesuinuEpidemiology

,Chapteru01:uIntroduction
Celentano:uGordisuEpidemiology,u7thuEditionuTestuBank

MULTIPLEuCHOICE

1. Whichuofutheufollowinguisuanuexampleuofutertiaryuprevention?

a. Vaccinationuforurotavirusuforuchildrenu youngeruthanutheuageuofu1uyear
b. Surgicaluamputationuofuanuextremityuwithuosteosarcomau(boneucancer)
c. Screeninguforugestationaludiabetesuafteru24uweeksuofupregnancy
d. Sexualueducationuprogramuinuelementaryuschools
e. Increasingutaxesuforubuyingucigarettesu

ANSWER:uB

Surgicaluamputationuofuanuextremityuwithuosteosarcomau(boneucancer)uisuanuexampleuinuwhichu
whenu au diseaseu isu presentu theu treatmentu (amputation)u isu doneu tou reduceu theu impactu ofu diseaseu
byupreventingutheutumorufromudissemination.uVaccinationuforurotavirusuforuchildrenuyoungeruth
anutheuageuofu1uyear,usexualueducationuprogramuinuelementaryuschools,uanduincreasingutaxesufor
ubuyingucigarettesurepresentuexamplesuofuprimaryuprevention.uScreeninguforugestationaludiabete

suafteru24uweeksuofupregnancyuisuanuexampleuofusecondaryuprevention.

2. Thisuhistoricucharacteruobserveduthatuchildbedufeverumortalityumoreucommonuamonguwomenutre
atedubyuphysiciansuandumedicalustudentsucompareduwithuwomenutreatedubyumidwives.uBaseduon
uhisuobservations,uheuimplementeduauhanduwashupolicyuthaturesulteduinuadecreaseuinumortality.uN

ameutheucharacteruthatuweuareutalkinguabout.

a. JohnuSnow
b. EdwarduJenner
c. D.A.uHenderson
d. LeonuGordis
e. IgnazuSemmelweisu

ANSWER:uE

IgnazuSemmelweisuidentifieduthatumedicalustudentsuanduphysiciansutransmittedutheudiseaseubyu
notuwashingutheiruhandsuafteruexaminingubodiesuatuautopsiesuanduconductingumultipleuexamin
ationsuinutheuclinic.

3. ThanksutoutheucontributionsuofuEdwarduJenner,utheufollowingudiseaseuwasueradicatedulateru
byueffortsuorganizedubyuD.A.uHenderson:

a. Cholera
b. Smallpox
c. Chickenpox
d. Polio
e. Zika




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, ANSWER:uB

Smallpoxuwasueradicateduinu1980.uEdwarduJenneruvaccinateduJamesuPhippsuinu1796uagainstu
smallpox.uAlmostu200uyearsulater,utheuWorlduHealthuOrganizationu(WHO)ucommissioned
D.A.uHendersonutouleadutheueffortsutoueradicateutheudisease.

4. Overutheupastucentury,uaumarkedudeclineuinutheumortalityuratesuofumanyuinfectiousudiseasesu
hasubeenuobserved.uWhichuofutheufollowinguisutheumostulikelyureasonuforutheuobservedudeclineu
inumortalityuratesufromucommonuinfectiousudiseases?

a. Developmentuofupenicillin
b. Developmentuofuinsulin
c. Developmentuofuvaccines
d. Improvementuinusocialuconditions
e. Worseusanitationuanduunsafeuwateru

ANSWER:uD

Althoughumedicalutreatmentsupotentiallyuhelpeduinutheudecreaseuofuinfectiousudiseases,utheu
advancementuinusocialuconditionsuplayeduaumajorurole.uTheseuimprovementsuincludeubetteru
sanitation,usafeudisposaluofuwaste,ubetterunutrition,uanduimprovementuinuhousinguconditions.




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