Epidemiology
What are the three components of the epidemiological triangle?
Agent, Host, & Environment
Which STIs are reportable diseases?
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, & HIV
Physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco use are which types of risk factors (modifiable or non-modifiable)?
Modifiable
_________________ use is the #1 cause of preventable death in the U.S.
Tobacco
What are the 4 main types of violence?
Neglect, psychological violence, physical violence, & sexual assault
This type of study confirms if there is a causal relationship between a variable/intervention to the outcome.
Cohort Study
What is a fomite?
When an inanimate object carries the pathogen from a reservoir to the host.
Gender, age, & family history are ____________ risk factors.
Non-modifiable risk factors.
Depressants
Having disabilities or chronic illness places a child at higher risk for ____________.
Maltreatment.
What are the three constructs of epidemiology?
Person, place, & time
Artificial passive immunity
What is the #1 cause of death in the U.S.
Cardiovascular disease
CNS structure and function changes are consequences of fetal exposure to alcohol and is known as what disorder?
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
_________________ is a disorder that can develop in response to a variety of traumatic events, such as witnessing a violent act or crime, experiencing a natural or unnatural disaster, and experiencing physical or sexual abuse.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
______________ is the total number of accumulated cases of a disease or illness, both new and preexisting.
Prevalence
____________ are insects that act as vectors and transmit the agent from its reservoir to its host.
Arthropods
What are the 4 main types of non-communicable disease?
Cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, & diabetes.
This model aims to reduce the harm related substance use through offering patients a range of treatment outcomes.
the Harm Reduction Model
Children under the age of 6 are at the greatest risk of __________________ poisoning.
Unintentional
_______________ is calculated by placing the number of ill or people with the disease (numerator) and dividing by the total number of people at risk for developing the disease, then multiplying by a given multiplier.
Attack rate
______________ refers to the capacity of an agent to enter and multiply in the host.
Infectivity
Which care model focuses on chronic care?
The integrated care delivery model
The __________________ is a screening for harm related alcohol use and is an essential component in the fight to prevent harm related to alcohol.
Alcohol Screening Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment (A-SBIRT)
________________ violence is when a large group of people engage in violence and this can be seen in conflicts between nations, terrorism, and gang warfare.
Collective Violence