Epidemiology
This man is often referred to as the father of epidemiology, famous for his outbreak investigation in 19th century London.
John Snow
This is the middle number in a list of data that has been sorted from lowest to highest.
Median
This international organization, whose name is abbreviated as WHO,
works with countries around the world to promote health and respond
to health emergencies
The World Health Organization
This term refers to the mental health of an entire group or community, and not simply one individual
This type of data is collected by others; not yourself
secondary data.
This term refers to an outbreak of disease that is more greater than what is expected for a time and place.
Epidemic
To prevent bias, researchers use this method to sort individuals into groups solely based on chance (ie. a coin flip).
randomization
This term describes an outbreak of disease that spreads across
multiple countries or continents and affects a large number of people.
Pandemic
Spending too much time on this has been linked to increases in depression and anxiety amongst teens at the population level.
Social Media
Known as the 5 W's ad H questions, these concepts are integral to health communication.
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
This term refers to a disease that is generally non-contagious, and can develop and last over several months to years. It generally requires ongoing treatment.
Chronic Disease
in a scientific experiment, this is the term that refers to the variable that scientists intentionally manipulate or change.
independent variable
Access to safe housing, education, nutritious food, and income are
examples of these nonmedical conditions that influence people's
health.
Social Determinants of Health
This term describes negative attitudes or shame that can stop people from getting help for mental illness.
Stigma
This furry friend is frequently used as an example of classical conditioning
Pavlov's Dog
This refers to a type of graph that tracks the spread of disease in a population overtime
Epi Curve
This measure shows the spread or dispersion of data. It describes how far data points are away from the mean value.
standard deviation
In a community of 10,000 people, 200 people develop a disease for
the first time during one year. Epidemiologists use this measure to
describe the number of new cases occurring in a population over a
period of time
Incidence
This month in the spring is dedicated to raising awareness for mental health
May
In relation to program implementation, the PRECEED-PROCEED model is used to do these two things.
Program creation and evaluation
This term refers to the first individual to become sick with a disease in an outbreak, regardless of whether or not public health professionals were able to identify them.
Patient Zero
If a p-value is less than 0.05, then the results of the study are generally considered ______.
statistically significant
A disease can cross borders quickly, but poorer countries may have
fewer vaccines, health workers, and hospitals. This principle calls for
resources and opportunities to be distributed according to need so
everyone has a fair chance to be healthy.
Health Equity
This term describes difficult childhood experiences, like abuse or neglect, that raise the risk of mental illness later in life (Often abbreviated as ACE's).
Adverse Childhood Experiences
This model to understand human behavior is often abbreviated as "HBM"
The Health Belief Model