TEST 2 - What is Epidemiology?
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Epidemiology is the study of... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The distribution (person, place,
time - descriptive epidemiology) and determinants (agent, host, environment -
analytic epidemiology) of disease (and health events and health) in human
populations and the application of this study to the control of health problems.
Epidemiological Concepts and Principles - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Events and diseases are
not randomly distributed in a population.
Determinants of events can be identified.
Determinants are studied for entire populations.
Prevention and control in the population are the main focus, rather than
diagnosis and treatment of a single patient.
Epidemiology uses rates to study populations and develop prevention and
control programs.
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, What do we mean by distribution? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔How many persons are
affected (that is, burden of disease)?
Who is affected - what are their characteristics?
Where are the affected persons?
When is the disease most common?
Is the distribution changing?
Which of the following questions would be least likely to be asked in
epidemiology? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A) Where in the US is tuberculosis most
common?
B) Is tuberculosis more common in the US in some times of the year than
others?
(C) What treatment should this patient be given?
D) Which population groups in the US are most likely to become ill with
tuberculosis?
What do we mean by determinants? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Agent characteristics:
- Infectious agents
- Non-infectious agents
Host characteristics:
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Epidemiology is the study of... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The distribution (person, place,
time - descriptive epidemiology) and determinants (agent, host, environment -
analytic epidemiology) of disease (and health events and health) in human
populations and the application of this study to the control of health problems.
Epidemiological Concepts and Principles - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Events and diseases are
not randomly distributed in a population.
Determinants of events can be identified.
Determinants are studied for entire populations.
Prevention and control in the population are the main focus, rather than
diagnosis and treatment of a single patient.
Epidemiology uses rates to study populations and develop prevention and
control programs.
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619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, What do we mean by distribution? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔How many persons are
affected (that is, burden of disease)?
Who is affected - what are their characteristics?
Where are the affected persons?
When is the disease most common?
Is the distribution changing?
Which of the following questions would be least likely to be asked in
epidemiology? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A) Where in the US is tuberculosis most
common?
B) Is tuberculosis more common in the US in some times of the year than
others?
(C) What treatment should this patient be given?
D) Which population groups in the US are most likely to become ill with
tuberculosis?
What do we mean by determinants? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Agent characteristics:
- Infectious agents
- Non-infectious agents
Host characteristics:
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