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Which epidemiological term best describes the following statement? "Signs and symptoms of listeriosis can appear from 3 to 70 days after exposure to the bacteria, with a median time of 3 weeks." A. Latent period B. Incubation period C. Communicability period D. Shedding period E. Pathology period - Correct Answer-B Public Health Ontario reports that the annual number of cases of listeriosis for the years 2009 to 2015 ranged between 43 and 65 (average: 53 cases); however, in 2016, 9...

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28 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

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What is epidemiology? - the study of the frequency, distribution, and determinants of health and disease in populations, and the application of this study to control health problems What does the application of epidemiological methods allow us to understand? - -disease occurrence (frequency, burden of disease) -causes of disease (etiology) -screening for disease -accuracy and interpretation of clinical diagnostics/tests (false positives and negatives) -determine the prognosis for many dis...

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86 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A+

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How would public health nursing change if more people became insured? A.More screening would be required. B. Community organizing would diminish. C. PHN would become more prevention oriented. D. Case management would become a larger part of PHN. - Answer A (people would be more inclined/able to get screenings done & be aware of the ones they need if they are insured) One goal of public health nursing is to focus most on... A. Tertiary health care B. Primary health care C. Population...

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11 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

The history and development of epidemiology has gone through several developmental phases. The nursing student learns that these phases came about in history in what order? a. Risk factor phase, infectious disease phase, and sanitary phase b. Infectious disease phase, risk factor phase, and sanitary phase c. Sanitary phase, infectious disease phase, and risk factor phase d. Agent phase, host phase, and environment phase - Answer c. Sanitary phase, infectious disease phase, and risk facto...

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30 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

What is bias? (define bias) - Answer any systematic error in the design, conduct or analysis of a study that results in a mistaken estimate of an exposure's effect on the risk of disease Name the term that means "any systematic error in the design, conduct or analysis of a study that results in a mistaken estimate of an exposure's effect on the risk of disease." - Answer bias True or False: "Random error is a type of bias." - Answer False, bias differs from rando...

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12 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

Which epidemiological term best describes the following statement? "Signs and symptoms of listeriosis can appear from 3 to 70 days after exposure to the bacteria, with a median time of 3 weeks." A. Latent period B. Incubation period C. Communicability period D. Shedding period E. Pathology period - Answer B Public Health Ontario reports that the annual number of cases of listeriosis for the years 2009 to 2015 ranged between 43 and 65 (average: 53 cases); however, in 2016, 96...

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20 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

In a study of Parkinson's disease, 100 volunteers had incisions made through their skulls. The patients were randomly allocated to one of 2 groups. One group had a new drug inserted into the brain. In the other group, the skulls were closed with no treatment given. The patients did not know who received the drug. Physical condition of all patients was assessed over the next several months, both by patient - report and by a researcher who was not aware of the patients' group allocation. In ...

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8 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

Epidemiology - Answer The study of the frequency, distribution, and determinants of health and disease in populations, and the application of this study to control health problems (essentially who gets the disease? where? when? why?) Edward Jenner - Answer -Smallpox in late 18th century -Observed that dairy maids were not getting smallpox since they had cowpox (Black Box Epidemiology...purely observational) -Gave a little boy cowpox and a few weeks later infected him with smallpox an...

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17 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

Outcome for logistic regression - Answer Dichotomous Outcome for linear regression - Answer Linear Incidence risk - Answer Proportion of unaffected individuals who on average will develop the disease of interest over a specified time period Prevalence is a function of what - Answer Incidence and duration Factors that increase prevalence - Answer Incidence Factors that decrease prevalence - Answer Cures and deaths Type 1 error - Answer Error of rejecting nul...

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5 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

What is epidemiology? - Answer the study of the frequency, distribution, and determinants of health and disease in populations, and the application of this study to control health problems What does the application of epidemiological methods allow us to understand? - Answer -disease occurrence (frequency, burden of disease) -causes of disease (etiology) -screening for disease -accuracy and interpretation of clinical diagnostics/tests (false positives and negatives) -determine the pr...

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70 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

Randomized Trials - Answer (type of experimental study); how epidemiologists investigate whether one intervention (treatment, vaccine, etc.) is better than another. Experimental Studies - Answer investigators are responsible for assigning study participants to groups and intervening in some way (ex. Exposing them to an exposure of interest, administering a treatment of some sort, etc.) What are the 2 Main forms of Experimental Studies? - Answer 1) Lab experiments (clinical trials)...

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4 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

Epidemiology - Answer Frequency (how often), distribution (where/when is it happening) and determinants (why) of health and disease in populations application to control health problems Health - Answer physical mental and social wellbeing Absence of disease Disease - Answer physiological/psychological dysfunction - (subjective) Finite abnormality of structure of function with an identificable pathological or clinico-pathological basis (objective) Determinant - Answer ...

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6 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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Prevalence - Answer refers to the number of existing cases of disease (at a given time) divided by the number of persons in the population at that time Prevalence is simply a proportion and not a measure of risk because it does not take units of time into account when the disease/outcome occurred Point prevalence vs period prevalence - Answer Point prevalence would be the number of students in the course who are sick with the flu today over the total number of students enrolled in the ...

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6 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

Epidemiology - Answer study of the FREQUENCY, DISTRIBUTION and DETERMINANTS of health and disease, and the application of this to CONTROL health problems Health - Answer State of physical, mental, social well-being, not merely the absence of disease Disease - Answer derangement in function of the whole body of the host or any of its parts Primary Prevention - Answer occurs before the onset of disease, focuses on education and protection Secondary Prevention - Answer ea...

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17 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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What are screening tests used for? - Answer A screening test is generally used as a population approach on apparently healthy individuals to detect subclinical disease; it provides an early indication of a pathological disease process or limited health/productivity outcome. What are diagnostic tests used for? - Answer Diagnostic tests are used on sick individuals with clinical disease to confirm, classify, inform treatment, or provide a prognosis for a particular disease. How to tell...

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6 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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23 pages

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22 pages

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