Lesson 4( Measures Of Disease Frequency)

Question 1

It makes the data appropriate to use for decision making, planning, monitoring and supervision of project operations and evaluation.

Answer 1

HEALTH INDICATORS

Question 2

What are the different types of indicator?

Answer 2

Direct Indicator
Proxy Indicator
Direct Individual Observation
Population or Location Based

Question 3

What do you call an indicator which directly attribute from the result being measured.

Answer 3

DIRECT INDICATOR

Question 4

What do you call an indicator that cannot be studied or cannot be easily measured required proxy Indicator.

Answer 4

PROXY INDICATOR

Question 5

It can be obtained by measuring or observing the phenomenon of interest at the individual level.

Answer 5

DIRECT INDIVIDUAL OBSERVATION

Question 6

It describes using rates,ratios, proportions and summary measures.

Answer 6

POPULATION OR LOCATION-BASED

Question 7

Which defines healthcare needs and health problem at a specific point in time.

Answer 7

DESCRIPTION

Question 8

It can be used to anticipate result in a population.

Answer 8

FORECAST OR PROGNOSIS

Question 9

It can be use as gathered data which means of improving through filing reports.

Answer 9

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Question 10

It a uses of health indicators which can facilitate an understanding of why some individuals in a population are healthy and others are not.

Answer 10

EXPLANATION

Question 11

It is a uses of health indicators where the assess of the program if the objectives are being reached.

Answer 11

EVALUATION

Question 12

It a uses of health indicators where can serve as a tools that support or oppose particular ideas and ideologies.

Answer 12

ADVOCATE

Question 13

This indicator will have the same value even if its measured by different people at different times.

Answer 13

RELIABLE

Question 14

This indicator reflects the changes in the situation or the phenomenon of interest.

Answer 14

SENSITIVE

Question 15

This indicator reflects the changes ONLY in situations concerned.

Answer 15

SPECIFIC

Question 16

This desirable characteristics of an indicator should be possible to conduct,complex and analyze.

Answer 16

FEASIBLE

Question 17

What do you call of this desirable characteristics of an health indicator that can be broken down into subgroups(gender,ethnic, minority group etc)

Answer 17

DISAGGREGATED

Question 18

What are the 2 types of Fertility Indicator?

Answer 18

Crude birth
General fertility rate

Question 19

What are the 2 morbidity indicators?

Answer 19

Incidence and Prevalence

Question 20

Enumerate the 9 Mortality Indicators.

Answer 20

1. Crude Death Rate
2. Specific Mortality Rate
   3.Cause- of- death Rate
3. Case Fatality Rate
4. Infant Mortality Rate
5. Neonatal Mortality Rate
6. Post- neonatal rate
7. Maternal mortality ration
8. Proportional mortality ration

Question 21

Tell us the no. Of children born per 1000 population in a given place during a particular time.

Answer 21

CRUDE BIRTH RATE

Question 22

No. Of children born per 1000 women in reproductive age-groups (15-44 yrs old only).

Answer 22

GFR( GENERAL FERTILITY RATE)

Question 23

No. Of children born per 1000 women in a particular age group; it measures the fertility level of each subgroup of women accdg. To age.

Answer 23

ASFR( AGE SPECIFIC FERTILITY RATE)

Question 24

It is refers to the onset of the disease (how many develop the disease?)

Answer 24

INCIDENCE

Question 25

It is refers to the state of the disease( how many people the disease?)

Answer 25

PREVALENCE

Question 26

What is the difference between Incidence and Prevalence?

Answer 26

Incidence tell us the no. Of new cases in a given location at a given period of time while prevalence tell us the no. Of existing cases ( old or new) in a given location at given period of time.

Question 27

Tell us how many people develop the disease in a portion population (new cases only) .Can be expressed as percentage.

Answer 27

IP-( INCIDENCE PROPORTION )

Question 28

Tell us how many people developed the disease in a portion of a population ( new + old cases)

Answer 28

POINT PREVALENCE

Question 29

Defined as the ratio of the no. Of deaths in a population at specified period of time.

Answer 29

CDR( CRUDE DEATH RATE)

Question 30

Measures proportion of total deaths occuring in a particular population group or from a particular cause.

Answer 30

PMR(PROPORTIONATE MORTALITY RATIO)

Question 31

Measures how much afflicted/die from a disease.

Answer 31

CFR ( CASE FATALITY RATE)

Question 32

Tell us the no. Of maternal death while pregnant or within 42 days at the end of pregnancy.

Answer 32

MMR( MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO)

Question 33

Tell us the no. Of infant deaths in a population.

Answer 33

IMR ( INFANT MORTALITY RATE )

Question 34

It is a useful indicator of a country's level of health and development.

Answer 34

NMR( NEONATAL MORTALITY RATIO)