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HADPOP Flashcards

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Inverse care law

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Availibility of good medical care
Inversely proportional to population need

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Routine surveillance

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Ongoing systematic monitoring + collection of data on regular basis

To detect changes / trends in specific area

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Ad-hoc samples

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Samples collected in non-systematic manner

Based on covenience

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Census

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Simultaneous recording of demographic data

By govt, specific time

All individuals in area

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Fecundity

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Biological capacity to produce offspring

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Fertility

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actual reproductive performance

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Chance

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Unpredictable occurence of events
No deliberate influence

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UK Notifiable diseases

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Specific infectious diseases
Must report to public health authorities (LEGAL)

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Verbal autopsies

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Gathering info regarding persons death,

By speaking to family members

To reconstruct medical history

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Cross Sectional Study

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Research designb
Info from specific population
Specific time
Examine relationship between 2 variables

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Correlation coefficient

How can we interpret the value?

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Summary statistic
Strength of relationship between 2 variables

-1 to +1
-1: perfect negative correlation
+1: pefect positive correlation

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Reservoir

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Host in which pathogen can reside, replicate + transmit

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Vector

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Organism that transmits pathogen from infected host to susceptible host

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Efficiency

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Allocation of limited resources
To meet healthcare needs
Maximise outcomes

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Equity

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Fair distrobution of benefits within population

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Health

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Absence of disease

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Health inequalities

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Unfair variations in health

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Health needs assesment

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Systematic analysis of health needs of population to inform healthcare team

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Placebo

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Inert substance identical to active substance

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Retrospective studies

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Examine data from past records

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Prospective studies

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Collect data moving forward in real time

MORE COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES

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State 3 advantages of routine data

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  1. Readily available
  2. Cheap
  3. Establish baseline
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State 3 disadvantages of routine data

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Bias
Poorly presented
Delay between collection + publications

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Give 7 examples of routine data

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  1. Census
  2. Birth notification
  3. Birth registration
  4. Public health England
  5. Death certification]
  6. Death registration
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Give 3 reasons why routine data is collected

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  1. Clarify cause of death
  2. Pattern in mortality rates
  3. Identify health problems
27
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What is the purpose of Bradford Hill’s Criteria?
What are the criteria?

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Measure strength of evidence
+ Relationship between exposure + outome

  1. Specificity association
  2. Strength assocation
  3. Consistency of finding
  4. Biological plausibility
  5. Analogy
  6. Temporal sequence
  7. Dose response
  8. Reversibility

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What type of study is a survey?

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Cross sectional study

29
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State 2 purposes of surveys

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  1. Measure outcome
  2. Measure risk factors
30
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State two advantages of surveys

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  1. Cheap, quick
  2. Clarifies population health needs
31
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State two disadvantages of surveys

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Cannot detect temporality
Bias (SELECTION BIAS)

32
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What is incidence?
How do we work out the INCIDENCE RATE?

How do we work out incidence risk?

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No. new events (NEW CASES IN DEFINDED POPULATION) in time period

no. new cases of disease in given time period / total pop at risk at same time period

no. new cases of disease in given time perioid / n. disease free persons at beginning of time period

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What is prevalence?

Point prevalence?

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No. cases of disease in given population at any set time

no. existing cases of condition at spepcifc time / total pop at specifc time

34
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What is perioid prevalance?

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No. ppl who were a case during any time during period as a proportion of otal number of ppl in population

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How do we work out Relative Risk? i.e. Risk Ratio
How do we interpret the values?

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Incidence Risk (in exposed) / incidence risk (in unexposed)

RR > 1 - Positive association
RR < 1 - Negative association

36
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What are the 3 levels of prevention?

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Primary - interventions designed to prevent onset of specific health condition (reduce incidence of disease by limiting risk factors), lifestyle changes, vaccines

Secondary - early intervention decreases impact of specific problem (reduce impact of disease that has already occured, catching it early, providing timely treatment)

Tertiary - treatment to improve quality of life + reduce symptoms of the disease after it has developed (minimise severity of disease)

37
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What is the recommended max consumption of alcohol for men and women?

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14 units

38
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What is the formula used to calculate units?

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Volume (ml) x ABV / 1000

39
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CAGE QUESTIONAIRE

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40
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FAST alcohol screening test

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How often have you had 8 or more units on one occasion in the past year?

Focuses on identifying high-risk drinking behavior.

41
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AUDIT C
How to interpret the score?

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Alcohol use disorders identification test - consumption

> 5: Audit C positive: increased risk of problem drinking
other 7 questions must be answered

> 5: lower risk

42
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Non-random sampling

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No random selection for participant selection. Instead, based on
1. Availibilty
2. Convenience
3. judgemental criteria

43
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Random sampling

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When participants are selected, each participant has equal chance of being selected

  • Representative
  • Unbiased
44
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What are the 4 types of random sampling?

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Simple - each member given identifier, no. selected at randopm

Stratified - divide population into strata (subgroups), select sample from each using random sampling

Cluser - natural clusters
Systematic sampling: every nth population member

45
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What is a random error?

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Variable perfomance due to chance alone

46
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What is bias?

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Systematic sampling error

47
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Selection bias

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Selection bias happens when the groups being studied are not chosen fairly or equally, leading to results that don’t accurately reflect the true situation.

48
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Type of selection bias

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  1. Sampling bias - sample not representative of population
  2. Non-response bias - People who respond to a survey differ significantly from those who do not.
49
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How to minimise selection bias?

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  1. Sampling bias - random sampling methods, ensure every membrane of population has equal chance of being included
  2. Non-response bias: Include a cover letter signed by a respected person to encourage participation.
    Explain the importance and relevance of the survey to motivate respondents.
50
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Information bias

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AKA MEASUREMENT BIAS

Mistake when data is collected. Info gathered is not accurate

51
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What are the two types of info bias

How can we reduce info bias

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  • Instrument bias: calibration
  • Inter-observer: measurements of different interviewers - TRAINING
52
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High accuracy, low precision

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Random error

53
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Low accurary, high precision

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Systematic error

54
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Validity

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How accurate the measurement is in the study

55
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Reliability

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  • Can the study’s results be reproduced consistently
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Confounding variables

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Extra variables that affect relationship between main variables being studied (independent + dependent), lead to incorrect conclusions, because they affect dependent and independent variables.

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P value

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Used to assess statistical significance of findings

Likelihood of obtaining observed results by chance aloe.

58
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Effect size

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Strength of observed relationship

59
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Generalizability

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Extent to which findings of study can be applied to larger population

60
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What are the two methods of surveillance?

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Passive
- Routine reporting of data from healthcare providers
- Voluntary repording of cases
(GIVES DATA ON NOTIFIABLE DISEASES)

Active
- Acticely searching for cases
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Med 2024-2028 (55 decks)

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