NURS 511 EPI QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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NURS 511 EPI QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Amongnj-njanswer--epi

Studynjofnjthenjdistributionnjandnjdeterminantsnjofnjhealth-
relatednjstatusnjornjeventsnjinnjspecificnjpopulationsnjandnjthenjapplicationnjofnjthisnjstudynjtonjimprove
health.nj-njanswer--epidemiology

Peoplenj-njanswer--demosnj(demi)

Doctrinenjornjstudynjof.nj-njanswer--logosnj(ology)

Epidemiologynj-njanswer--
Anjquantitativenjdisciplinenjbasednjonnjprinciplesnjofnjstatisticsnjandnjresearchnjmethodologies.

criticalnjanalysisnjisnjrequirednjtonjgainnjfurthernjinsightnjintonjpublicnjandnjcommunitynjhealthnjissuesnj-
njanswer--Thenjepidemiologicnjprocessnjisnjanalogousnjtonjthenjnursingnjprocessnjinnjthat


Epidemiologicalnjtrianglenjandnjthenjwebnjofnjcausationnj-njanswer--
Commonnjmodelsnjofnjepidemiologicalnjinvestigationnjinclude:

Thenjepidemiologicalnjtrianglenj-njanswer--
Whichnjepidemiologicalnjmodelnjisnjdependentnjonnjexposurenjtonjannjagent,njhostnjsusceptibility,njandnjenvi
nmentalnjconditionsnjexistingnjatnjthenjtimenjofnjexposure.

Analyzenjdiseasenjdevelopment.nj-njanswer--Thenjepidemiologicalnjtrianglenjisnjusednjto

Agent,njHost,njandnjEnvironmentnj-njanswer--Thenjepidemiologicalnjtrianglenjconsistsnjof

Webnjofnjcausationnj-njanswer--
Whichnjepidemiologicalnjmodelnjisnjbestnjusednjfornjchronicnjcomplexnjdiseasenjw/
njmulticausalnjfactorsnjeffectingnjoutcome?


Infantnjmortalitynj-njanswer--
Thenjepidemiologicalnjtrianglenjcannjalsonjprovidenjusefulnjinformationnjwhennjlookingnjat

synergismnj-njanswer--Thenjcentralnjconceptnjinnjthenjwebnjofnjcausationnjis

Thenjwholenjisnjgreaternjthannjthenjsumnjofnjitsnjseparatenjparts.nj-njanswer--Synergismnjrefersnjto

Descriptivenjepidemiologynj-njanswer--
Focusesnjonnjthenjdistributionnjofnjfrequenciesnj(statesnjofnjhealth)njandnjpatternsnjofnjhealthnjeventsnjwithnjg
upsnjinnjanjpopulation.

Person"nj(whonjisnjaffected?),nj"place"nj(wherenjwerenjtheynjaffected?),njandnj"time"nj(whennjwerenjtheynjaffe
ed?).nj-njanswer--Descriptivenjstudiesnjexaminenjdiseasenjpat-
ternsnjandnjothernjhealth-relatednjphenomenanjaccordingnjto

, Characteristics presentnjgkinEquations
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ctednjgroupsnjornjpopulations.nj-njanswer-- ath
Descriptivenjstatisticsnjprovidenjdata,njinformation,njandnjinsightnjintonjthe

Hypothesesnjfornjfurthernjtestingnj-njanswer--
Datanjfromnjdescriptivenjstudiesnjsuggestnj________njandnjusuallynjinvolvenjsomenjformnjofnjquantificationnj
dnjstatisticalnjanalysis.njDescriptivenjstudiesnjgenerallynjprecedenjanalyticnjstudies

Demographics,njmorbidity/mortality,njandnjincidence/prevalence.nj-njanswer--Descriptivenjdatanjincludes

Analyticnjepidemiologynj-njanswer--
Seeksnjtonjidentifynjassociationsnjbetweennjanjparticularnjdiseasenjornjhealthnjproblemnjandnjitsnjetiology.

Age,njrace,njsex,njethnicity,njincomenjandnjeducationalnjlevel.nj-njanswer--
Descriptivenjmeasuresnjofnjhealthnjinclude;

Answersnjtonjthenj"how"njandnj"why"njofnjhealthnjand
diseasenjtonjdeterminenjcausalitynj-njanswer--Analyticnjstudiesnjarenjdirectednjtowardnjfinding

Analyticnjstudiesnj-njanswer--Generatesnjornjtestsnjhypothesesnjornjseeknjtonjanswernjspecificnjquestions

Identifynjthenjcausesnjofnjthenjproblemnj-njanswer--
Analyticnjstudiesnjarenjconcernednjwithnjthenjdeterminantsnjofnjdiseasenjandnjseeknjto

Cannjbenjretrospectivenjornjprospectivenjinnjdesignnj-njanswer--Analyticnjstudies

Illnessnjburdennj-njanswer--Morbiditynjratesnj=

Deathnjburdennj-njanswer--Mortalitynjratesnj=

Demographynj-njanswer--
Thenjstatisticalnjstudynjofnjhumannjpopulationsnjwithnjreferencenjtonjsizenjandnjdensity,njdistribution,njandnjvit
jstatisticsnj(literally,njwritingnjaboutnjthenjpeople)


Incidencenjandnjprevalencenjratesnj-njanswer--Morbiditynjratesnjincludenjinformationnjabout

Incidencenj-njanswer--ThenjoccurrencenjofnjNEWnjcasesnjofnjdisease

Prevalencenj-njanswer--NumbernjofnjEXISTINGnjcasesnjofnjanjspecificnjdiseasenj(Allnjcases)

Primarynjpreventionnj-njanswer--Generalnjhealthnjpromotionnjandnjspecificnjhealthnjpromotion

Primarynjprevention,njgeneralnjhealthnjpromotionnj-njanswer--
Nutrition,njhygiene,njexercisenjandnjenvironmentalnjprotectionnjarenjexamplesnjof

Primarynjprevention,njspecificnjhealthnjpromotionnj-njanswer--
Immunizationnjandnjusenjofnjprotectivenjdevisesnjtonjpreventnjinjuriesnjarenjexamplesnjof

Secondarynjpreventionnj-njanswer--Earlynjdetectionnjandnjtreatmentnjofnjadversenjhealthnjconditions

Detectnjandnjtreatnjanjproblemnjatnjthenjearliestnjpossiblenjstagenjwhennjdiseasenjornjimpairmentnjalreadynjex
nj-njanswer--Thenjgoalnjofnjsecondarynjpreventionnjisnjto