Epidemiology
Reservoir, portal of exit, agent, and host make up ...
Chain of Causation
new cases of measles 18
population at risk 4500
x1000
What is 4.00 cases per 1000 population?
A city reports 30 deaths from CVD in population of 15,000. What is mortality rate per 1000 population?
2 per 1000
(30 divided by 15,000) x 1000
The most common perpetrator of older adult abuse.
What is spouse or partner abuse?
Healthiness involves a range of degrees from optimal health to death. What is this called?
Health continuum
In the process of natural history of disease, what is the second stage called?
What is subclinical disease?
A nurse examines data indicating 2500 residents currently living with diabetes. What epidemiological measure does this information represent?
What is prevalence?
A community has 120 residents with asthma and population of 6000. What is morbidity rate per 1000 population?
20 per 1000
(120 divided by 6000) x 1000
When 3 population groups are compared, governments and those between 15-64 bear the burden of the other groups. What is this called?
What is age-dependency ratio?
When public health nurses look at the root causes and multiple factors that led to illness and focus on prevention and health promotion.
What is upstream focus?
Sources of information for epidemiological study?
What are existing data, informal observation, scientific studies
List of medications that are high risk for adults 65 and over.
What is the Beers Criteria?
A community assessment that focuses on community's strengths.
What is community assets assessment?
We are in a new era of epidemiology distinguished by transforming global health patterns and new global infections. What is this era called?
What is eco-epidemiology?
What is it called when older people are taking 5-10 prescription drugs?
What is polypharmacy?
A descriptive epidemiologic study examines the amount and distribution of a disease or health conditioning a population. What are the 3 questions that are asked?
Who is affected (person)
Where does the condition occur (place)
When to the cases occur (by time)
3 modes of transmission
What are direct, indirect and vector?
The leading cause of injury related deaths for age 65 and above?
What are falls?
GIS stands for
What is Geographic Information System?