mod4 test

Question 1

minimum # of screening tests that each state has for newborns

Answer 1

26

Question 2

Two types of screening tests

Answer 2

Mass and Selective screening

Question 3

Mass Screening

Answer 3

Screening of a whole population regardless of risk
eg; newborn screening

Question 4

Selective Screening

Answer 4

Screening conducted on high risk populations

Question 5

positive predictive value

Answer 5

probability you actually have the disease
a/a+b

Question 6

negative predictive value

Answer 6

probability you don’t have the disease
d/c+d

Question 7

Measures of Reliability and validity

Answer 7

sensitivity
specificity
Positive predictive value
Negative predictive value

Question 8

Three main newborn screening

Answer 8

Heart test
Blood Test
Hearing test

Question 9

Sensitivity

Answer 9

Ability to identify all with the disease during screening

Question 10

Specificity

Answer 10

ability to accurately ID all screened without disease

Question 11

Incubation Period

Answer 11

the period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms.

Question 12

What does a new vaccine target first?

Answer 12

Virulence

Question 13

Three main points of the epidemiological triangle

Answer 13

Agent
Environment
Host

Question 14

Infectivity

Answer 14

capacity to multiply in a host to produce a disease

Question 15

Virulence

Answer 15

severity of disease

Question 16

Active Immunity

Answer 16

Long lasting
eg: Vaccines, Natural Infection

Question 17

Passive Immunity

Answer 17

Short-Lasting
eg: breast milk, fetal blood flow

Question 18

Outbreak Investigation

Answer 18

1. Recognize and define a problem
2. Look at existing data
3. Formulate Hypothesis
4. Test Hypothesis
5. Draw conclusions and create interventions

Question 19

Attack Rate

Answer 19

ill/ill+well

Question 20

Relative risk

Answer 20

(a/a+b)/(c/c+d)