Basic Concepts And Biostat Flashcards
State of complete physical, mental and social well being and not necessarily the absence of disease or infirmity
Health
An active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life
Wellness
A way of living that lowers the risk of being ill or dying
Healthy lifestyle
Art and science of promoting health, preventing disease; prolonging life through organized community effort, directed at community level that benefits everyone
Public health
Branch of medicine that concentrates on keeping people well with a goal of disease prevention and health promotion
Preventive medicine
What are the goals of preventive medicine?
Health promotion Disease prevention
What level of prevention adresses the general population?
Primordial
What level of prevention targets those people with the disease who are asymptomatic?
Secondary
What level of prevention aims to reduce risk?
Primordial
What level of prevention aims to reduce incidence of disease?
Primary
What level of prevention aims to reduce complications and disability?
Tertiary
What level of prevention aims to maximize optimal level of functioning?
Tertiary
What level of prevention adresses broad health determinants?
Primordial
What level of prevention consists of actions to minimize future hazards to health?
Primordial
What level of prevention are screening programs?
Secondary
Science that deals with collection, organization, analysis and interpretation of data
Statistics
Application of statistical methods to life sciences
Biostatistics
Variable that researchers manipulate
Independent
Group from which representative information is desired and to which interference will be made
Target population
Population from which a sample will actually be taken
Sampling population
Units that are chosen in selecting the sample and may be made up of non overlapping collection of elements or elementary units
Sampling unit
A collection of sampling units is called a
Sampling frame
An object or a person on which a measurement is actually taken or an observation is made
Elementary unit
This type of variable may potentially confuse the result or have a chance to distort data
Confounders
Branch of biostatistics that refers to the different methods applied to summarize and present data in a form to make them easier to analyze and interpret by using methods of tabulation etc
Descriptive statistics
Branch of biostatistics that makes generalizations and conclusions about a target population based in the result from a sample
Inferential statistics
Data collection source that provide analysis and interpretation of event or phenomenon Processed data
Secondary source
In the Philippines, a population census is conducted every?
5 years
Type of census conduction that physical presence is required
Defacto census
Type of census conduction where they assign individuals in their usual residence regardless of where they were during the census
Dejure
What are the vital events in a human based on statistics?
Birth Changes in civil status Death
Type of data which is a finite number of values
Discrete
Type of data usually associated with physical measurements and takes on values that are fractions or decimals
Continuous
Scale to measure data where zero is arbitrary
Interval
Lowest form of variable
Nominal
Data where zero is fixed
Ratio
Highest form of data
Ratio
Birth certificate must be filed within how many days after birth?
Within 30 days
Who can sign the birth certificate?
Attending doctor Midwife Mayor
Death certificate should be filed how many hours after death?
48 hours
In epidemics, death certificate should be secured within how many days after the burial?
5 days
Who will file the death certificate in case of epidemics?
Attending physician Municipal health officer Mayor
What cause of death will be counted in the cause of death statistics?
Underlying cause
Circumstances wherein a normal death certificate cannot be issued
Suspicion of unnatural cause DOA When death occurred before a full recovery from a surgical operation or administration of anesthesia