TEST BANK
GORDIS EPIDEMIOLOGY 7TH EDITION (ELSEVIER, 2024) BY
DAVID D. CELENTANO, MOYSES SZKLO AND YOUSSEF FARAG,
ISBN NO; 9780323877756, ALL 20 CHAPTERS COVERED
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, Test Bank for Gordis Epidemiology 7th Edition (Elsevier, 2024) by David D. Celentano,
Moyses Szklo and Youssef Farag, Isbn no; 9780323877756, all 20 Chapters Covered
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Dynamics of Disease Transmission
3. The Occurrence of Disease: I. Morbidity
4. The Occurrence of Disease: II. Mortality and Other Measures of Disease Impact
5. Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
6. The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis
7. Assessing the Efficacy of Preventive and Therapeutic Measures: Randomized Trials
8. Cohort Studies
9. Comparing Cohort and Case–Control Studies
10. Case–Control Studies and Other Study Designs
11. Estimating Risk: Is There an Association?
12. More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention
13. From Association to Causation: From Risk Factors to Causes
14. Bias
15. Confounding and Interaction
16. Identifying the Independent Effects of Multiple Exposures: Risk Factors for Lung
Cancer
17. Genetic and Environmental Factors: Chronic Diseases
18. Infectious Diseases
19. Clinical Epidemiology and Decision Making
20. Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
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, Test Bank for Gordis Epidemiology 7th Edition (Elsevier, 2024) by David D. Celentano,
Moyses Szklo and Youssef Farag, Isbn no; 9780323877756, all 20 Chapters Covered
Chapter 1: Introduction
Celentano: Gordis Epidemiology, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention?
a. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger than the age of 1 year
b. Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer)
c. Screening for gestational diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy
d. Sexual education program in elementary schools
e. Increasing taxes for buying cigarettes
ANS: B
Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is an example in which
when a disease is present the treatment (amputation) is done to reduce the impact of disease
by preventing the tumor from dissemination. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger
than the age of 1 year, sexual education program in elementary schools, and increasing taxes
for buying cigarettes represent examples of primary prevention. Screening for gestational
diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy is an example of secondary prevention.
2. This historic character observed that chIildbed fever mortality was more common
among women treated by physicians and medical students compared with women treated by
midwives. Based on his observations, he implemented a hand wash policy that resulted in a
decrease in mortality. Name the character that we are talking about.
a. John Snow
b. Edward Jenner
c. D.A. Henderson
d. Leon Gordis
e. Ignaz Semmelweis
ANS: E
Ignaz Semmelweis identified that medical students and physicians transmitted the disease
by not washing their hands after examining bodies at autopsies and conducting multiple
examinations in the clinic.
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, 3. Thanks to the contributions of Edward Jenner, the following disease was eradicated
later by efforts organized by D.A. Henderson:
a. Cholera
b. Smallpox
c. Chickenpox
d. Polio
e. Zika
ANS: B
Smallpox was eradicated in 1980. Edward Jenner vaccinated James Phipps in 1796 against
smallpox. Almost 200 years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) commissioned
D.A. Henderson to lead the efforts to eradicate the disease.
4. Over the past century, a marked decline in the mortality rates of many infectious
diseases has been observed. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the observed
decline in mortality rates from common infectious diseases?
a. Development of penicillin
b. Development of insulin
c. Development of vaccines
d. Improvement in social conditions
e. Worse sanitation and unsafe water
ANS: D
Although medical treatments potentially helped in the decrease of infectious diseases, the
advancement in social conditions played a major role. These improvements include better
sanitation, safe disposal of waste, better nutrition, and improvement in housing conditions.
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GORDIS EPIDEMIOLOGY 7TH EDITION (ELSEVIER, 2024) BY
DAVID D. CELENTANO, MOYSES SZKLO AND YOUSSEF FARAG,
ISBN NO; 9780323877756, ALL 20 CHAPTERS COVERED
1 Page
, Test Bank for Gordis Epidemiology 7th Edition (Elsevier, 2024) by David D. Celentano,
Moyses Szklo and Youssef Farag, Isbn no; 9780323877756, all 20 Chapters Covered
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Dynamics of Disease Transmission
3. The Occurrence of Disease: I. Morbidity
4. The Occurrence of Disease: II. Mortality and Other Measures of Disease Impact
5. Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
6. The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis
7. Assessing the Efficacy of Preventive and Therapeutic Measures: Randomized Trials
8. Cohort Studies
9. Comparing Cohort and Case–Control Studies
10. Case–Control Studies and Other Study Designs
11. Estimating Risk: Is There an Association?
12. More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention
13. From Association to Causation: From Risk Factors to Causes
14. Bias
15. Confounding and Interaction
16. Identifying the Independent Effects of Multiple Exposures: Risk Factors for Lung
Cancer
17. Genetic and Environmental Factors: Chronic Diseases
18. Infectious Diseases
19. Clinical Epidemiology and Decision Making
20. Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services
2 Page
, Test Bank for Gordis Epidemiology 7th Edition (Elsevier, 2024) by David D. Celentano,
Moyses Szklo and Youssef Farag, Isbn no; 9780323877756, all 20 Chapters Covered
Chapter 1: Introduction
Celentano: Gordis Epidemiology, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention?
a. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger than the age of 1 year
b. Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer)
c. Screening for gestational diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy
d. Sexual education program in elementary schools
e. Increasing taxes for buying cigarettes
ANS: B
Surgical amputation of an extremity with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is an example in which
when a disease is present the treatment (amputation) is done to reduce the impact of disease
by preventing the tumor from dissemination. Vaccination for rotavirus for children younger
than the age of 1 year, sexual education program in elementary schools, and increasing taxes
for buying cigarettes represent examples of primary prevention. Screening for gestational
diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy is an example of secondary prevention.
2. This historic character observed that chIildbed fever mortality was more common
among women treated by physicians and medical students compared with women treated by
midwives. Based on his observations, he implemented a hand wash policy that resulted in a
decrease in mortality. Name the character that we are talking about.
a. John Snow
b. Edward Jenner
c. D.A. Henderson
d. Leon Gordis
e. Ignaz Semmelweis
ANS: E
Ignaz Semmelweis identified that medical students and physicians transmitted the disease
by not washing their hands after examining bodies at autopsies and conducting multiple
examinations in the clinic.
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, 3. Thanks to the contributions of Edward Jenner, the following disease was eradicated
later by efforts organized by D.A. Henderson:
a. Cholera
b. Smallpox
c. Chickenpox
d. Polio
e. Zika
ANS: B
Smallpox was eradicated in 1980. Edward Jenner vaccinated James Phipps in 1796 against
smallpox. Almost 200 years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) commissioned
D.A. Henderson to lead the efforts to eradicate the disease.
4. Over the past century, a marked decline in the mortality rates of many infectious
diseases has been observed. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the observed
decline in mortality rates from common infectious diseases?
a. Development of penicillin
b. Development of insulin
c. Development of vaccines
d. Improvement in social conditions
e. Worse sanitation and unsafe water
ANS: D
Although medical treatments potentially helped in the decrease of infectious diseases, the
advancement in social conditions played a major role. These improvements include better
sanitation, safe disposal of waste, better nutrition, and improvement in housing conditions.
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