Practice Guide |Questions & Answers |
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5 Ws of Descriptive Epidemiology -
Answer✅
Diagnosis or health event (what), Person (who), Place (where), Time (when) and Modes of
Transmission (why/how)
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Accuracy -
Answer✅
The degree to which the measurement is , on average, correct.
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Age-Standardized Death Rate -
Answer✅
A summary measure of the death rate that a population would have if it had a standard age
structure; age adjusted rate.
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Agent -
1
, Answer✅
An infectious microorganism or parasite, chemical contaminants, or physical force that
causes disease or injury.
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Airborne Transmission -
Answer✅
Occurs when infectious agents are carried by dust or droplet nuclei suspended in air
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Alexander Fleming -
Answer✅
The discoverer of penicillin.
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Alternative Hypthesis -
Answer✅
Assuming that the exposure is related to the disease.
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Analysis -
Answer✅
Begins with describing the characteristics of the subjects. It progresses to calculation of
rates, creation of comparative tables (e.g. two-by-two tables), and computations of
measures of association (e.g., chi-square test), confidence intervals, and the like.
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Analytic Epidemiology -
Answer✅
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, Provides the "why" and "how" disease and other health events spread/occur.
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Analytic Studies -
Answer✅
A study with the purpose of identifying and quantifying the relationship between an
exposure and an outcome and to test hypotheses about causal relationships by comparing
case-patients and those in an appropriate comparison group (control).
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Application to Prevention and Control -
Answer✅
The aims of public health—to promote, protect, and restore health.
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Attack Rate -
Answer✅
The proportion of the population that develops illness during an outbreak; Incidence
proportion
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Attributable Fraction -
Answer✅
The proportion of all cases that can be attributed to a particular exposure; etiological
fraction
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Attributable Proportion -
Answer✅
A measure of the public health impact of a causative factor.
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, Quiz_________________?
Bacteria -
Answer✅
Unicellular prokaryotes that have no organized internal membranous structures such as
nuclei, mitochondria, or lysosomes.
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Bayes' Theorem -
Answer✅
Shows how the probability of a condition given a test result can be deduced from the
probability of that test result given the condition.
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Bias -
Answer✅
An aspect of the design or execution of a study that yields misleading results.
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Biostatistics -
Answer✅
The analysis of data and its application to health care. Includes jobs that include
Biostatistician, Medical and Health Services Manager, & Health Informatics Specialist
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Carriers -
Answer✅
Case-patients that are asymptomatic, but can still transmit disease.
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Quiz_________________?
5 Ws of Descriptive Epidemiology -
Answer✅
Diagnosis or health event (what), Person (who), Place (where), Time (when) and Modes of
Transmission (why/how)
Quiz_________________?
Accuracy -
Answer✅
The degree to which the measurement is , on average, correct.
Quiz_________________?
Age-Standardized Death Rate -
Answer✅
A summary measure of the death rate that a population would have if it had a standard age
structure; age adjusted rate.
Quiz_________________?
Agent -
1
, Answer✅
An infectious microorganism or parasite, chemical contaminants, or physical force that
causes disease or injury.
Quiz_________________?
Airborne Transmission -
Answer✅
Occurs when infectious agents are carried by dust or droplet nuclei suspended in air
Quiz_________________?
Alexander Fleming -
Answer✅
The discoverer of penicillin.
Quiz_________________?
Alternative Hypthesis -
Answer✅
Assuming that the exposure is related to the disease.
Quiz_________________?
Analysis -
Answer✅
Begins with describing the characteristics of the subjects. It progresses to calculation of
rates, creation of comparative tables (e.g. two-by-two tables), and computations of
measures of association (e.g., chi-square test), confidence intervals, and the like.
Quiz_________________?
Analytic Epidemiology -
Answer✅
2
, Provides the "why" and "how" disease and other health events spread/occur.
Quiz_________________?
Analytic Studies -
Answer✅
A study with the purpose of identifying and quantifying the relationship between an
exposure and an outcome and to test hypotheses about causal relationships by comparing
case-patients and those in an appropriate comparison group (control).
Quiz_________________?
Application to Prevention and Control -
Answer✅
The aims of public health—to promote, protect, and restore health.
Quiz_________________?
Attack Rate -
Answer✅
The proportion of the population that develops illness during an outbreak; Incidence
proportion
Quiz_________________?
Attributable Fraction -
Answer✅
The proportion of all cases that can be attributed to a particular exposure; etiological
fraction
Quiz_________________?
Attributable Proportion -
Answer✅
A measure of the public health impact of a causative factor.
3
, Quiz_________________?
Bacteria -
Answer✅
Unicellular prokaryotes that have no organized internal membranous structures such as
nuclei, mitochondria, or lysosomes.
Quiz_________________?
Bayes' Theorem -
Answer✅
Shows how the probability of a condition given a test result can be deduced from the
probability of that test result given the condition.
Quiz_________________?
Bias -
Answer✅
An aspect of the design or execution of a study that yields misleading results.
Quiz_________________?
Biostatistics -
Answer✅
The analysis of data and its application to health care. Includes jobs that include
Biostatistician, Medical and Health Services Manager, & Health Informatics Specialist
Quiz_________________?
Carriers -
Answer✅
Case-patients that are asymptomatic, but can still transmit disease.
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