Chapter 3 Vocab

Question 1

epidemiologist

Answer 1

professional who investigates patterns and causes of disease and injury and seeks to reduce the risks and occurrences

Question 2

epidemiology

Answer 2

study of causes, patterns, prevalence, and control of diseases

Question 3

Haddon Matrix

Answer 3

framework developed as a metaphor to generate ideas about injury prevention that addresses the host, agent, and environment along with pre and post-event phases of the injury process

Question 4

intentional injuries

Answer 4

injuries that are purposely inflicted on one’s self or on others

Question 5

interventions

Answer 5

specific measure put into place to enforce prevention of a risk

Question 6

morbidity

Answer 6

non fatal injury or illness

Question 7

mortality

Answer 7

deaths caused by injury or illness

Question 8

outcome objective (impact)

Answer 8

state the intended effect of a program in hopes that the increased knowledge will decrease injury rates

Question 9

passive interventions

Answer 9

something that offers automatic protection from injury or illness without someone knowing or changing their behavior

• ex. better roads to decrease the accident rate

Question 10

primary prevention

Answer 10

keeping an injury or illness from occurring before it happens

Question 11

process objectives

Answer 11

state how a program will be implemented

Question 12

public health

Answer 12

the practice of preventing disease and promoting good health in people

Question 13

risk

Answer 13

potentially hazardous situation that puts people in harms way

Question 14

risk factors

Answer 14

characteristics that increase the chance of injury or illness

Question 15

secondary prevention

Answer 15

reducing the effects of an injury after it has already happened

Question 16

surveillance

Answer 16

systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of injury that helps evaluate and improve health

Question 17

syndromic surveillance

Answer 17

monitoring and comparing the current number and nature of medical cases against the expected number of cases in the community

Question 18

unintentional injuries

Answer 18

injuries that occur without the intent to harm

Question 19

years of potential life lost (YPLL)

Answer 19

a way to measure and compare the overall impact of death from different causes

• ex. average age is 65, if someone dies at 22 we can calculate that
  
  • YPLL = 65 - 22
  • years of potential life lost is 43 years