Final Exam - Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health

Question 1

Define epidemiology:

Answer 1

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and frequency of disease in a population; it is considered the science of public health

Question 2

Epidemiology in Public Health is used for:

Answer 2

• Diagnostic is discipline
• Assessment major part of function
• Monitoring health of population

Question 3

Pharmacoepidemiology:

Answer 3

Applies epidemiological methods to study clinically used medications in populations

Question 4

Patterns of Disease Occurrence questions:

Answer 4

What?
How?
Who?
Where?
When?

Question 5

Ratio:

Answer 5

Number of observations in a group with a given characteristic/number of observation without the specified characteristics

Question 6

Proportion:

Answer 6

• Number of observations with a given characteristic/total number of observations in a given group
• Part divided by the whole

Question 7

Rate:

Answer 7

-Comparison of two quantities with different units.
Example:
Speed 65m/hr is a rate.

Question 8

Measures of Disease Frequency

Answer 8

• Incidence: rate of new

- Prevalence: total of existing