Community Ch 13- Epidemiology
Questions With Accurate Answers
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity correct answer Health
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE
-conduction by health personnel to call contacts, review lab reports, hospital & or
clinic records correct answer Active surveillance
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE - health care providers in the community
reporting cases of notifiable diseases to the public health authorities through
standardized reports correct answer passive surveillance
causality focuses on what correct answer relationship b/w single exposure and
outcome
described as a system and social enterprise; profession; collection of methods,
knowledge, and techniques; governmental health services (poor/underserved);
and health status of the public correct answer Public health
Does cross-sectional studies show cause and effect correct answer NO
its good at ID association
epidemiologic triangle considers what 3 things correct answer -environment
-agent
-host
,is the ideal approach to comparison groups realistic correct answer No
name for what determines who has the disease and where it occurs correct
answer distribution
occurs when the rate of disease, injury, or other condition exceeds the usual
(endemic) level of the condition correct answer epidemic
protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness/injury, alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and tx of human response,
and advocacy of individuals, families, communities, and populations correct
answer Nursing
since the ideal approach to comparison groups are not realistic, what are 2 things
researchers do correct answer -randomize people to groups or select comparison
groups that are comparable
-use statistical techniques to control for differences in groups
study of occurrence and distribution of health-related states or evens in specific
populations, including study of determinants influencing such states, and the
application of this knowledge to control the health problems correct answer
epidemiology
T/F
absolute causality is rarely established correct answer True
, T/F
analytic epidemiology includes:
-cohort studies
-case-control studies
-cross sectional studies
-ecologic studies correct answer True
T/F
both descriptive and analytical epidemiology are observational studies correct
answer True
T/F
case-control studies are prone to bias correct answer True
T/F
cohort studies enable us to see the develop of new cases of disease correct
answer True
T/F
correlational studies focus on aggregate data rather than individual data correct
answer True
T/F
the existence of statistical association does NOT necessarily mean that there is a
casual relationship or that causality is present correct answer True
Questions With Accurate Answers
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity correct answer Health
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE
-conduction by health personnel to call contacts, review lab reports, hospital & or
clinic records correct answer Active surveillance
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE - health care providers in the community
reporting cases of notifiable diseases to the public health authorities through
standardized reports correct answer passive surveillance
causality focuses on what correct answer relationship b/w single exposure and
outcome
described as a system and social enterprise; profession; collection of methods,
knowledge, and techniques; governmental health services (poor/underserved);
and health status of the public correct answer Public health
Does cross-sectional studies show cause and effect correct answer NO
its good at ID association
epidemiologic triangle considers what 3 things correct answer -environment
-agent
-host
,is the ideal approach to comparison groups realistic correct answer No
name for what determines who has the disease and where it occurs correct
answer distribution
occurs when the rate of disease, injury, or other condition exceeds the usual
(endemic) level of the condition correct answer epidemic
protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness/injury, alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and tx of human response,
and advocacy of individuals, families, communities, and populations correct
answer Nursing
since the ideal approach to comparison groups are not realistic, what are 2 things
researchers do correct answer -randomize people to groups or select comparison
groups that are comparable
-use statistical techniques to control for differences in groups
study of occurrence and distribution of health-related states or evens in specific
populations, including study of determinants influencing such states, and the
application of this knowledge to control the health problems correct answer
epidemiology
T/F
absolute causality is rarely established correct answer True
, T/F
analytic epidemiology includes:
-cohort studies
-case-control studies
-cross sectional studies
-ecologic studies correct answer True
T/F
both descriptive and analytical epidemiology are observational studies correct
answer True
T/F
case-control studies are prone to bias correct answer True
T/F
cohort studies enable us to see the develop of new cases of disease correct
answer True
T/F
correlational studies focus on aggregate data rather than individual data correct
answer True
T/F
the existence of statistical association does NOT necessarily mean that there is a
casual relationship or that causality is present correct answer True
