COMPREHENSIVE EXAM (12-14-21)

Question 1

It deals with the statistical processes and methods applied to the analysis of biological phenomenons.

Answer 1

BIOSTATISTICS

Question 2

It refers to the occurrence of health-related events by time, place and person

Answer 2

PATTERN

Question 3

Is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease or health outcomes in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems.

Answer 3

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Question 4

Uses of Epidemiology

Answer 4

PREVENTION

INTERVENTION

Question 5

Are any factor, whether event, characteristic, or other definable entity, that brings about a change in a health condition or other defined characteristic.

Answer 5

DETERMINANTS

Question 6

It evaluates intervention in the population.

Answer 6

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Question 7

Refers to the group of people affected by the event.

Answer 7

SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

Question 8

Is use to develop target and evaluate prevention strategies.

Answer 8

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Question 9

Is anything that affects the well-being of a population.

Answer 9

HEALTH-RELATED STATE OR EVENTS

Question 10

It involves applying the knowledge gained by the studies to community-based practice.

Answer 10

APPLICATION

Question 11

• Refers to the relationship to a certain number of cases/events of the actual population size.
• Quantitative aspect
• Actual number of cases/diseases

Answer 11

FREQUENCY

Question 12

It includes geographic variation, urban/rural differences, and location of work sites or schools.

Answer 12

PLACE PATTERNS

Question 13

May be an annual, seasonal, weekly, daily, hourly, weekday versus weekend, or any other breakdown of time that may influence disease or injury occurrence.

Answer 13

TIME PATTERNS

Question 14

It includes demographic factors which may be related to the risk of illness, injury, or disability such as age, sex, marital status, and socioeconomic status, as well as behaviors and environmental exposures.

Answer 14

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Question 15

Is concerned with the frequency and pattern of health events in a population

Answer 15

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Question 16

Identify what level of Public Health Prevention, when:

• It occurs after the health outcome (disease), but before symptoms
• Disease has occurred
• Aims to find and treat disease early which may cure disease;

a. Primary Level
b. Secondary Level
c. Tertiary Level

Answer 16

b. SECONDARY

Question 17

Identify what level of Public Health Prevention, when:

• Already has the symptoms of the disease (or health outcomes)
• Goal is to prevent damage and pain from the disease; slow down disease progression and prevent complications; help people recover.
  a. Primary Level
  b. Secondary Level
  c. Tertiary Level

Answer 17

c. Tertiary Level

Question 18

Identify what level of Public Health Prevention, when:

• It occurs before the person gets the health outcome (disease)
• Tries to prevent the health outcome for occurring
• reduce the prevalence, risk and rate of health outcome
  a. Primary Level
  b. Secondary Level
  c. Tertiary Level

Answer 18

a. Primary Level

Question 19

Identify what level of Public Health Intervention, when:
= Promote health by altering the structural context
= Changing the physical, social and economic factors in the environment to improve public health
= it involves the public and community to change outcome of a disease.
a. Individual
b. Structural

Answer 19

b. Structural

Question 20

Identify what level of Public Health Intervention, when:
= Approaches rely on assumption that people have the autonomy and capacity to make choices.
= Changing individual behavior or risk factors
a. Individual
b. Structural

Answer 20

a. Individual

Question 21

= Is the study of the distribution and 
   determinants of disease or health 
   outcomes in specified populations. 
= The application of this study is to control 
   health problems

Answer 21

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Question 22

Is used to describe and evaluate role of public health.

Answer 22

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Question 23

= Describes the characteristics of place,
person, time
= Hypothesis generation cannot test
hypothesis

Answer 23

DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY

Question 24

Aims to research and study risk factors and preventive factors

Answer 24

ANALYTICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Question 25

What are the two Perspective of Epidemiology in Health

Answer 25

Biological Perspective

Population Perspective

Question 26

A perspective in epidemiology that focuses on social, psychological and environmental factors that are associated with health outcomes.

Answer 26

Population Perspective

Question 27

A perspective in epidemiology where the occurrence of health outcomes, or disease in populations, is impacted by immediate causal agents as well as other factors. Example of it is housing.

Answer 27

Population Perspective

Answer 28

Biological Perspective