Ch 2

Question 1

Define Secular trends

Question 2

operations research

Question 3

risk factor

Question 4

what is the natural history of disease?

Question 5

What is demographic transition?

Question 6

What is epidemiologic transition?

Question 7

Disorders: disappearing, residual, persisting, epidemic

Question 8

What is the population pyramid?

Question 9

Name three approaches for prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) of each of the following health problems: hep A

Question 10

Name three approaches for prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) of each of the following health problems: obesity

Question 11

Name three approaches for prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) of each of the following health problems: foodborne illness on cruise ships

Question 12

What are the seven uses of epi?

Question 13

describe a role for epidemiology in the field of policy evaluation?

Question 14

How are the rules of evidence for criminality similar to or different from the rules of evidence for disease causality?

Question 15

State how the clinical and epidemiological approaches differ in their assessment of the importance of risks.

Question 16

describe how it is possible for an infectious disease to be considered an extremely acute or fatal condition when it first comes out but then later it is found to be mild or benign in its common form?