EPIDEMIOLOGY & PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Burden of Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Considers health, social, political, environmental and
economic factors to determine the cost that disease and disability exert upon the individual and society.
DALYs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The sum of years of life lost due to premature death and years lived with
disability.
Disease Surveillance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The process of monitoring and reporting levels of disease
activity in a community or county or at the state or national level.
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related
states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health
problems.
Health Indicator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A characteristic of an individual, population, or environment
which is subject to measurement (directly or indirectly) and can be used to describe one or more
aspects of the health of an individual or population (quality, quantity and time).
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The number of new cases of a particular problem or condition that
are identified or arise in a specified area during a specified period of time.
Life Expectancy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Average expected length of life for a group of people, of a
particular age, chosen at a particular time.
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A measure of disease incidence or prevalence in a given population
during a specified period of time.
Mortality - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A measure of deaths in a given population during a specified period
of time.
ANSWERS
Burden of Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Considers health, social, political, environmental and
economic factors to determine the cost that disease and disability exert upon the individual and society.
DALYs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The sum of years of life lost due to premature death and years lived with
disability.
Disease Surveillance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The process of monitoring and reporting levels of disease
activity in a community or county or at the state or national level.
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related
states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health
problems.
Health Indicator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A characteristic of an individual, population, or environment
which is subject to measurement (directly or indirectly) and can be used to describe one or more
aspects of the health of an individual or population (quality, quantity and time).
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The number of new cases of a particular problem or condition that
are identified or arise in a specified area during a specified period of time.
Life Expectancy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Average expected length of life for a group of people, of a
particular age, chosen at a particular time.
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A measure of disease incidence or prevalence in a given population
during a specified period of time.
Mortality - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A measure of deaths in a given population during a specified period
of time.
