EPIB301 Test 3 Exam Review Questions with
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What is case mapping?
locates case in relation to environmental exposures, identifies cases of infectious disease, and
use other health research investigators
What are the steps of the Policy Cycle?
1. Problem, definition, formulation, reformulation
2. Agenda Sitting: setting priorities about who will deal with problem and when
3. Policy establishment
4. Policy Implementation
5. Policy assessment
What are the different levels of certainty regarding a case definition?
Case definition used as criteria for classifying an individual as a case
1. Confirmed case: lab confirmed
2. Probable Case: fits all components of clinical case definition
3. Possible case: suggestive clinical signs, but not fitting case definiton
What are the steps of evidence based pubic health?
1. assessing your community
2. establishing goals and objectives
3. finding evidence
4. selecting best fitting EBS
5. adapting
6. implementing
7. evaluating
Challenges to external validity?
1. Outcome measurements =/= units studies
2. outcome with one treatment variation might be different from other variations of the
treatment
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What is case mapping?
locates case in relation to environmental exposures, identifies cases of infectious disease, and
use other health research investigators
What are the steps of the Policy Cycle?
1. Problem, definition, formulation, reformulation
2. Agenda Sitting: setting priorities about who will deal with problem and when
3. Policy establishment
4. Policy Implementation
5. Policy assessment
What are the different levels of certainty regarding a case definition?
Case definition used as criteria for classifying an individual as a case
1. Confirmed case: lab confirmed
2. Probable Case: fits all components of clinical case definition
3. Possible case: suggestive clinical signs, but not fitting case definiton
What are the steps of evidence based pubic health?
1. assessing your community
2. establishing goals and objectives
3. finding evidence
4. selecting best fitting EBS
5. adapting
6. implementing
7. evaluating
Challenges to external validity?
1. Outcome measurements =/= units studies
2. outcome with one treatment variation might be different from other variations of the
treatment
