Vocabulary
Important People and Organizations
Morbidity Measures
Intro to Epidemiology
Misc.
100
Tells how fast the disease is occurring in a population
What is rates?
100
I disagreed with the cause of cholera. I believe cholera was transmitted through contaminated water. I did research and concluded my theory was right.
Who is John Snow?
100
Number of new cases of a disease occurring in the population during a specified period of time/ Number of persons who are at risk of developing the disease during that period of time x 1000
What is incidence rate?
100
The study of how disease is distributed in populations and the factors that influencce or determine this distribution.
What is epidemiology?
100
When interviewing what three questions would help determine each of the following: point prevalence, period prevalence, and the cumulative incidence?
-“Do you currently have asthma (any disease)?” , “Have you had asthma during the last (n) years?” , “Have you ever had asthma?”
200
Surveillance in which either available data on reportable diseases are used or reporting is mandated or requested with responsibility for the reporting often falling on the healthcare provider or district health officer.
What is passive surveillance?
200
I was very interested in the problem of smallpox. I was interested in finding a better and safer approach to preventing smallpox.
Who is Edward Jenner?
200
Number of Cases of a disease present in the population at a specific time/ Number of persons in the population at that specified time x 1000
What is Prevalence rate?
200
What is the first objective of epidemiology?
What is identify the etiology or cause of the disease and the relevant risk factors?
200
What is one possible source of error in interview surveys?
Problems of selection bias may occur, possibly including significant nonresponse rates.
300
Point Prevalence and Period Prevalence
What are the two types of prevalence?
300
I am an organization that works to protect public health and safety by providing information to enhance health decisions, and promote health through partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. I focus national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control to improve the health of the people of the United States.
What is the CDC?
300
Prevalence of the disease at a certain point in time.
What is Point Prevalence?
300
Heart Disease
What is the number one cause of death in the US?
300
Rehabilitation for stroke is an example of what?
What is tertiary prevention
400
Primary Prevention- Preventing the initial development of a disease. Denotes an action taken to prevent the development of a disease in a person who is well and does not (yet) have the disease in question. Ex: immunization, reducing exposure to a risk factor - Secondary Prevention- Early detection of existing disease to reduce severity and complications. Involves identifying people in whom a disease has already begun but who have not yet developed clinical signs and symptoms of the illness. ex: screening for cancer - Tertiary Prevention- Reducing the impact of the disease. Ex: rehabilitation for stroke
What are types of prevention?
400
I am a specialized agency or organization of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health. I am the organization that played an important role in eradicating smallpox.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
400
We can't define who has the disease, therefore this causes a problem with the _____ in the incidence and prevalence measurements.
What is the numerator?
400
Epidemiology is critical not only to public health but also to clinical practice. True or False?
What is true?
400
Name one limitation of Hospital data
Population(s) at risk is (are) generally not defined
500
According to this theory, which was commonly held at the time, disease was transmitted by a miasm, or cloud, that clung low on the surface of the earth. Name the theory and who was the major supporter of it.
What is the Miasmatic Theory of Disease by William Farr?
500
Childbed fever was a major cause of death among women shortly after childbirth. After research I developed and implemented a policy for physicians and medical students to help prevent childbed fever.
Who is Ignaz Semmelweis?
500
A problem in selective undercounting of certain groups within a population can occur, thus causing a problem in the _____ in the incidence and prevalence rates.
What is the denominator?
500
Epidemiology often begins with non descriptive date in the epidemiologic approach. True or false?
What is false. It deals with descriptive data.
500
Incidence rate, attack rate, and prevalence are all..
Approaches to measuring morbidity.
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