Gordis Chapter 1

Question 1

Epidemiology

Answer 1

Study of how disease is distributed in populations and the factors that influence or determine this distribution
Natural history and prognosis of disease
Foundation for development of public policy

Question 2

Primary prevention

Answer 2

Action taken to prevent the development of a disease in a person who does not have it yet

Question 3

Secondary prevention

Answer 3

Early detection of existing disease to reduce severity and complications

Question 4

Tertiary prevention

Answer 4

Preventing complications in those who have developed symptoms of illness and have been diagnosed

Question 5

Population-baed approach

Answer 5

Preventative measure applied to entire population

Question 6

High-risk approach

Answer 6

Preventative measures/screening restricted to high-risk individuals

Question 7

Multistep process of identifying cause of disease

Answer 7

Determine if association exists between exposure to a factor or a characteristic of a person and the development of the disease in question
Derive appropriate inferences about possible causal relationship from the patterns of the associations found

Question 8

Ignaz Semmelweis

Answer 8

Correlated child-bed fever with doctors doing autopsies before delivering babies

Question 9

Edward Jenner

Answer 9

Cowpox

Question 10

John Snow

Answer 10

Cholera