"Measure"-ment
This measure of frequency is used when talking about EXISTING cases in a population
What is PREVALENCE?
In this type of study, the investigator assigns the exposure, but not at random
What is a quasi-experimental study?
A higher than expected occurrence of disease in a particular place
What is an epidemic
Is this a health disparity or not: older people are more likely to report chronic diseases than younger people
What is a not a health disparity?
Type of experimental group-level study where the exposure is randomly assigned
What is a community trial?
This measure of frequency is used when referring to NEW cases in a population
What is INCIDENCE?
This is a type of study where participants are followed up over time to ascertain the occurrence of disease
What is a prospective cohort study?
A disease that is constantly present at a steady level in a geographical region
What is endemic?
A centralized database to house information about particular diseases such as cancer
What is a registry?
Type of study where exposure is observed
What is observational?
This measure of association is used for cohort studies
What is the incidence proportion ratio?
This is one of the measures used in an experimental study
What is Incidence Proportion Ratio or Incidence proportion difference?
An epidemic that has spread across multiple countries
What is a pandemic?
Factors capable of bringing about a change in health
What are determinants
Level of study where exposure is assigned (not randomly) to a group
What is community intervention?
This measure of disease frequency is used in cross-sectional studies
What is Prevalence?
In this type of study (NEED NAME), the exposure and outcome are measured at the same time
What is a cross-sectional study?
This type of disease can be transmitted from person-to-person
What is communicable/ infectious?
This refers to preventable differences in health conditions between groups of people
What are health disparities?
In this type of experimental study, both participants and investigators do not know the exposure status of the participants
What is a double-blind experimental study?
One of the measures of association used in cohort studies
What is the incidence proportion ratio or incidence proportion difference?
In this type of study, exposures and outcomes are assessed using group-level measures
What is an ecological study?
The term morbidity refers to this
What is illness/injury/disability?
This refers to a closely-grouped series of cases with regard to time or place or both
What is a cluster?
In this type of study, the outcome is already known at the time the exposure is assessed.
What is a retrospective (cohort) study?