Exam 1

Question 1

Epi is…

Answer 1

Public health basic science studies distribution and determinants of health related states or events (not just diseases)

Question 2

Public Health Surv

Answer 2

portray ongoing patterns of disease occurrence, so investigations, control and prevention measures can be developed and applied.

• EX: Reportable disease registries
• Data interpretation

Question 3

Field investigation

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determine sources/vehicles of disease; to simply learn more about the natural history, clinical spectrum, descriptive epi (1st 3 Ws) and risk factors of disease
-this is before determining what interventions may be appropriate

Question 4

Analytical studies

Answer 4

advance the information (hypothesis) generated by descriptive epi techniques

• hallmark of analytical studies use of a comparison group
• design, conduct. analysis, interpretation & communication of research data and findings

Question 5

Evaluation

Answer 5

systematically and objectively determine relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and impact of activities

Question 6

Linkages

Answer 6

collaberate/communicate with other health and healthcare profesionals (& the public themselves)

Question 7

Policy Development

Answer 7

provide input, testimony, recomendations regarding disease control and prevention strategies, reportable disease regulations and health care policy

Question 8

Passive Surveillance system

Answer 8

relies on healthcare sustem to follow regulations on required reportable disease/conditions

Question 9

Active surv. system

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Public health officials go into communities to search for new disease/condition cases

Question 10

Syndromic Surv Syetem

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looks for pre defined signs/symptoms of patients related to trackable but rare diseases/conditions
-biosurveillance- human, animal, plant

Question 11

Induction & Incubation

Answer 11

time btwn exposure & onset of disease

Question 12

Latency

Answer 12

time btwn onset of disease and disease detection

Question 13

Epidemic

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occurrence of disease clearly in excess of normal expectancy

-community/period clearly defined

Question 14

Outbreak

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An epidemic limited to a localized inc. in the occurance of disease
-sometimes interchanged w “cluster”

Question 15

Endemic

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The constant presence of a diseae within a gien area or population in excess of normal levels in other areas

Question 16

Crude morbidity rate

Answer 16

of persons w disease/ # persons in population

Question 17

Crude Mortality Rate

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of deaths (all casues)/ # of persons in population

Question 18

Case-specific Morbidity Rate

Answer 18

of persons with cause specific disease/# of persons in population

Question 19

Cause specific Mortality rate

Answer 19

of cause specific deaths/# of persons in pop

Question 20

Case fatality rate

Answer 20

of cause specific deaths/# of cases of disease

Question 21

Cause-specific survival rate

Answer 21

of cause specific cases alive/ # of cases of disease

Question 22

Proportional Mortality rate

Answer 22

of cause specific deaths/total # of deaths in population