Community Flashcards
A prime example of the international community dental health government is?
World Health Organization
Which level of community dental health government acts on oral health problems of national significance?
Federal
What does DHHS stand for?
Department of Health and Human Services
Which level of government initiates dental health legislative measures (such as fluoridation)?
Local
Refers to the study of health and disease in populations and requires that disease be measured quantitatively?
Epidemiology
The estimated population of people who are managing a disease at any given time is called?
Prevalence
The annual diagnosis rate or the number of new cases of a particular disease diagnosed each year is called?
Incidence
An unexpectedly large number of cases of disease in a particular population at a particular place and time is called?
Epidemic
A disease that occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course is known as?
Endemic
An outbreak of disease over a wide geographic area; often worldwide is known as?
Pandemic
Name the study in which information is collected without changing the environment-nothing is manipulated?
Descriptive study
Which study describes the extent of a disease or condition within a population?
Descriptive/correlational/observational
What study looks at the characteristics of one group of subjects who already have a certain health outcome ( the cases) and compare them to a similar group of people who do not have the outcome (the controls)?
Case-control or Retrospective study
Which study follows large groups of people over a long period of time?
Cohort or prospective study
Name the research sample that selects an element according to certain subgroups; accomplished by selecting a proportionate number of participants from each subgroup for the sample.
Stratified sample
Name the research sample that selects every nth to participate
Systematic
Name the research sample that is chosen based solely on convenience?
Convenience sample
Which variable is the outcome of interest? It should change in response to some intervention
Dependent
Name the variable that is manipulated to produce a response to the dependent variable?
Independent
The difference between the high and low score of a data matrix; affected by extremely high or low scores is ?
Range
What represents the square root of the sample variance?
Standard deviation
The degree that a study or procedure can be conclusive yet sufficiently realistic; does the test measure what it claims to be measuring?
Validity
The extent to which the method of measurement consistently performs is called?
Reliability
Consistent performance by the same evaluator is known as?
Intraexaminer reliability
Consistent performance between different examiners; is increased by calibration is known as?
Interexaminer reliability
The ability of a test to correctly identify the presence of a disease is called?
Sensitivity
The ability of a test to identify the absence of a disease is called?
Specificity
What determines the strength of relationship between two variables?
Correlation coefficient
Which test is used to measure the hypothetical difference between 2 mean scores?
T-test
Which test is used when comparing the statistical difference between 3 or more mean scores?
ANOVA
Which test is used when testing a hypothesis?
P-value
Name the preventative service that involves techniques designed to prevent, reverse or arrest a disease process?
Primary services
Name the preventative service that treats or controls a disease or condition after it occurs?
Secondary service
Which service involves replacing lost tissues in order to rehabilitate oral structures?
Tertiary service
Which type of information delivery is active, lecture, demonstration, discussion, etc?
Formal delivery
Which type of information delivery is passive, brochures, pamphlets, billboards, video?
Informal delivery
List the 6 stages of learning
Unawareness Awareness Self-interest Involvement Action Habit
Name the type of evaluation that is outcome, measures impact of program/teaching (ex: comprehensive final exam)
Summative
Name the evaluation that is conducted during the program; making sure audience is engaged?
Formative
Which level of government coordinates programs for underdeveloped nations and gathers epidemiological data for comparison across nations?
International
