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Table of Contents:
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Chapter 1 IntroductionT L T L




Chapter 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
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Chapter 3 The Occurrence of Disease
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Chapter 4 The Occurrence of Disease
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Chapter 5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
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Chapter 6 The Natural History of Disease
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Chapter 7 Observational Studies
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Chapter 8 Cohort Studies
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Chapter 9 Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies
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Chapter 10 Assessing Preventive and Therapeutic Measures
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Chapter 11 Randomized Trials
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Chapter 12 Estimating Risk
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Chapter 13 More on Risk
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Chapter 14 From Association to Causation
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Chapter 15 More on Causal Inference
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Chapter 16 Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation
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Chapter 17 Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
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Chapter 18 Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs
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Chapter 19 Epidemiology and Public Policy
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Chapter 20 Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology
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1. Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention? L
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a. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger than the age of 1 year L
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Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is an example in which
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when a disease is present the treatment (amputation) is done to reduce the impact of disease by
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preventing the tumor from dissemination. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger than
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the age of 1 year, sexual education program in elementary schools, and increasing taxes for
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buying cigarettes represent examples of primary prevention. Screening for gestational diabetes
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after 24 weeks of pregnancy is an example of secondary prevention.
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2. This historic character observed that childbed fever mortality more common among women
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treated by physicians and medical students compared with women treated by midwives. Based
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on his observations, he implemented a hand wash policy that resulted in adecrease in mortality.
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Name the character that we are talking about.
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Ignaz Semmelweis identified that medical students and physicians transmitted the disease by
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3. Thanks to the contributions of Edward Jenner, the following disease was eradicated later
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by efforts organized by D.A. Henderson:
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a. Cholera
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Smallpox was eradicated in 1980. Edward Jenner vaccinated James Phipps in 1796 against
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smallpox. Almost 200 years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) commissioned
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D.A. Henderson to lead the efforts to eradicate the disease.
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4. Over the past century, a marked decline in the mortality rates of many infectious diseases
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has been observed. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the observed decline
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in mortality rates from common infectious diseases?
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a. Development of penicillin L
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advancement in social conditions played a major role. These improvements include better
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sanitation, safe disposal of waste, better nutrition, and improvement in housing conditions.
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