Description of disease
Most common determinant to describe the disease
Age
The pattern in the occurence of a health event that repeats at regular intervals during specific seasons or times of the year
Seasonal Trend
Describing cases of children with microencephaly in mothers with Zika infection during pregnancy
Case Series
Differences in level of immunization in different regions in United States in last 10 years is called
Spatiotemporal trend
The pattern or fluctuation in the occurrence of health event that happens over long period of time
Secular Trend
A 78-year-old farmer with complains of weakness, blood in stool, red spots on mouth, abdominal pain, changes in mood was reported. Pathology test should farmer having Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever and was given symptomatic treatment. This is an example of
Case report
An aggregation of health events with well-defined distribution pattern in a geographic region
Spatial clustering
Series of health events occurring with a well-defined distribution in closely related time
Temporal clustering
Type of study used to generate hypothesis
Descriptive epidemiologic studies
A study described increasing cases of lead poisoning happening in a housing community built in 1960. What type of pattern it is?
Localized place pattern
The difference in period between exposure and period of showing symptoms is known as
Latent period
Cross-sectional studies are also called as
Prevalence studies
Define Social Determinants of health
Conditions that exist in environment where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship
Define Epidemic curve
Graphical representation of cases over time to identify patterns and sources of outbreak.
Give examples of famous cross-sectional studies
BRFSS, NHIS, NHANES