Epidemiology Catch all
Epidemiology Model
Causation and Prevention
Rates
Terminologies
100

The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states in specified populations, and the application of this study to control of health problems

What is epidemiology?

100
A human in which disease occurs.
What is the host?
100
If primary prevention is used during prepathogenesis or incubation stage, then this level of prevention is used when the host begins to react to the agent or in the pathogenesis stage.
What is secondary prevention
100
Total deaths of infants in given year in population/ Total # of live births in same year in population
What is infant death rate
100

An infected person who shows no evidence of clinical disease but can still infect others.


What is a carrier?


200
This model contains the elements of host, agent, and environment.
What is the epidemiology model?
200
A contagious or non-contagious power that causes a health concern.
What is the agent?
200
This level of prevention may include rehabilitation or palliative care
What is tertiary prevention?
200
Number of people with a disease in a population at one point in time/ Total in the given population at same point in time
What is prevelance? ie prevelance of HIV in IV drug users
200

Primary, Secondary, tertiary are all examples.


What are levels of prevention?


300

Who, what, where, when, person, place, and time.

What are epidemiology variables?

300
According to the epidemiology model, this is needed for disease to happen?
What is the interaction of the agent, host, and environment
300
Reasonable evidence there is a connection between a stressor (environmental factor) and a health issues (or disease).
What is association?
300
Number of new cases of a disease in population in given time (1 year) Average total population in same time period
What is incidence
300

Includes inapparent disease, clinical disease, severe outcome/fatal illness.


What are the classifications of disease severity?


400

The "father of medicine” and the “first epidemiologist

Who is Hippocrates ?

400
This can move between an agent and host, causing spread of the disease.
What is a vector? ie a tick or mosquito
400
A relationship between a stressor and disease is confirmed.
What is causation?
400
Total deaths from a specific cause in a year in a population subgroup/ Average total population subgroup for the same year
What is specific mortality rates?
400

Breast self exam is an example of ______ Prevention


What is secondary prevention strategy?


500
The characteristics of the individual, which interact with the agents, and environments determines this in each person.
What is risk or susceptibility?
500

Direct and Indirect Contact 

What is a Mode of Transmission?

500

This involves contact between a person with the disease and another person.

What is direct transmission?

500
Total deaths from any cause in a given year in a population/ Average total population for the same year
What is crude mortality rate?
500

Pasturization of milk is an example of _______ prevention


What is primary prevention strategies?


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