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Evaluating health services, conducting additional research, and targeting
interventions Ans✓✓✓descriptive epidemiology provides information
for
Person, place, and time Ans✓✓✓Descriptive epidemiology includes
variables related to
Income level occupation type and education level Ans✓✓✓Which
factors may be considered when measuring socioeconomic status
Health disparities Ans✓✓✓Differences in the occurrence of disease and
adverse health outcomes in a population is known as
true Ans✓✓✓One objective of descriptive epidemiology is to evaluate
trends and health and disease in order to monitor known diseases and
identify emerging pathogens. True or false
true Ans✓✓✓Case reports are a count of a single occurrence or small
collection of occurrences of a noteworthy health related incident. True or
false
true Ans✓✓✓Cross-sectional studies measure relationships between
diseases in other variables at a particular time. True or false
, true Ans✓✓✓A cross-sectional study measures prevalence. True or false
epidemic Ans✓✓✓22 cases of legionellosis occurred within three weeks
among residents of a particular neighborhood (usually zero or one per
year)
Hyperendemic Ans✓✓✓Average annual incidence was 364 cases of
pulmonary TB/100,000 population in one area, compared with national
average of 134 cases/100,000 population
Pandemic Ans✓✓✓Over 20 million people worldwide died from
influenza in 1918- 1919
sporadic Ans✓✓✓Single case of Histoplasmosis was diagnosed in a
community
Endemic Ans✓✓✓About 60 cases of gonorrhea are usually reported in
this region per week, slightly less than the national average
Propagated Ans✓✓✓21 cases of shigellosis among children and workers
at a daycare center over six weeks, no external source identified.
Incubation period 1-3 days