Midterm

Question 1

Health

Answer 1

dynamic state of humans that is multidimensional in nature, a resource for living, and results from a person’s interactions with and adaptions to the environment.

Question 2

Public Health

Answer 2

actions that society takes collectively to ensure that the conditions in which people can be healthy can occur

Question 3

incidence rate

Answer 3

number of new health related events/disease occurring in a specific population

Question 4

attack rate

Answer 4

of people exposed who became ill/# of people exposed

Question 5

Prevalence rate

Answer 5

of existing cases in a given period of time

Question 6

crude rate

Answer 6

rate in which the denominator includes the total population

Question 7

age adjusted rate

Answer 7

rates used to make comparisons across groups and over time

Question 8

cause specific rate

Answer 8

rate due to a particular disease

Question 9

Epidemiology

Answer 9

the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related behavior, in a particular population

Question 10

epidemic

Answer 10

an unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness

Question 11

endemic

Answer 11

disease that occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course

Question 12

pandemic

Answer 12

outbreak of disease over a wide geographical location

Question 13

YPLL

Answer 13

years of potential life lost

Question 14

DALY

Answer 14

disability adjusted life years

Question 15

microbial genomics

Answer 15

infectious disease outbreaks

ex. bioterrorism

Question 16

genomics

Answer 16

study of all the genes (genome) and how it interacts with environmental factors

Question 17

genetics

Answer 17

study of specific, individual genes and their role in inheritance

Question 18

pharmacogentics

Answer 18

personalized medicine

Question 19

morbidity

Answer 19

condition of being diseased

Question 20

social capital

Answer 20

the networks of relationships among people who live in a particular society to function effectively

Question 21

community capacity

Answer 21

capacity development, understanding obstacles

Question 22

gatekeeper

Answer 22

first contact with the healthcare system

Question 23

primary prevention

Answer 23

individuals, communities, intervention implemented before there is evidence of disease/injuryy

Question 24

secondary prevention

Answer 24

intervention implemented after disease has begun but before it is symptomatic (isolation, quarantine, disinfection)

Question 25

tertiary prevention

Answer 25

intervention implemented after a disease or injury is established