Exam 2 Review Flashcards
What is a systematic study of a cross-sectionof individuals who represent the target population?
survey
What is a type of survey instrument used to characterize a populations general health status?
Health Risk Appraisal
What is an important preventive health activity deigned to reverse, retard, or halt the progress of disease by detecting it as soon as possible?
Screening
What are informal groups of about 5 to 12 people who are asked to share their concerns, experiences, beliefs, opinions or problems?
Focus Groups
What are the people in the know about the community, can also provide information about the target population?
interviews with key informants
- Diet history method
- twenty-four hr recall method
- diet record method
- food frequency method
- other diet assessment methods
- laboratory methods
- anthropometric methods
- clinical methods
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primary methods of measuring food consumption of individuals
what has the advantage of being easy to administer although it is time-consuming and requires a trained interviewer?
Diet history method
what is one of the most widely used diet assessment methods as it is easy to administer in person or by phone and lends itself to large population studies?
twenty-four hr recall method
what has been considered the gold standard of diet assessment methods because diet records provide detailed info about food products consumed over a given period of time?
diet record method
the food frequency questionnaire is self administered, requiring only about 15-20 minutes to complete, and is analyzed at a reasonable cost?
food frequency method
what includes the use of photography and the picture-sort approach?
other diet assessment methods
what can be used to identify individuals at risk of nutrient deficiency and to detect subclinical deficiencies?
laboratory methods
What are measurements of the body’s physical dimensions and compositions?
anthropometic methods
What consist of a medical history and physical examination to detect physical signs and symptoms associated with malnutrition?
clinical methods
