Module 1

Question 1

attempted to explain disease occurrence from a rational rather than supernatural viewpoint

Answer 1

Hippocrates

Question 2

Wrote the essay “on airs, waters, and places” which suggested that environmental and host factors influence the developmental of a disease

Answer 2

Hippocrates

Question 3

published a landmark analysis of mortality

Answer 3

John Graunt

Question 4

patterns of birth, death, disease occurences

Answer 4

landmark analysis of mortality

Question 5

William Farr

Answer 5

father of modern vital statistics and surveillance

Question 6

Father of field epidemilogy

Answer 6

John Snow

Question 7

pioneer in modern epidemiology

Answer 7

john snow

Question 8

studied chlorea in london in the 19th century

Answer 8

john snow

Question 9

spot map =

Answer 9

geographic distribution

Question 10

descriptive epidemiology

Answer 10

the who, when, where of disease

Question 11

performed shoe-leather epidemiology

Answer 11

john snow

Question 12

introduced vaccinations

Answer 12

edward Jenner

Question 13

found an association between cowpox infected individuals, who seem to be immune to smallpox

Answer 13

edward jenner

Question 14

In the 1900s epidemiology started including non-infectious health conditions

Answer 14

genetics, violence

Question 15

created “district nurses”

Answer 15

Florence nightingale

Question 16

collected data on soldiers and environmental conditions; promoted health and prevented diseases

Answer 16

Flo nightingale

Question 17

created the term “public health nursing”

Answer 17

lillian wald

Question 18

promotes, protects, and restores health and prevents disease and disability

Answer 18

Lillian wald

Question 19

studied effects of asbestos exposure

Answer 19

Doll

Question 20

traced a paralysis outbreak in Morocco to contaminated olive oil used by the poor

Answer 20

smith & spaulding

Question 21

investigated effectiveness of Pap smear in the prevention of cervical cancer

Answer 21

clarke and anderson

Question 22

epidemic medical society

Answer 22

investigated epidemics; rigid examination into the causes and conditions which influence the origin, propagation, mitigation, and prevention of epidemic diseases

Question 23

the greatest achievement in the history of medicine

Answer 23

the bacterial revolution in 1870s

Question 24

involved the discovery that sub-microscopic organisms were the main cause for disease

Answer 24

bacterial revolution

Question 25

his observations of the role of microorganisms in the fermentation processes

Answer 25

louis Pasteur’s germ theory

Question 26

isolated specific types of bacteria as a cause for specific diseases

Answer 26

Robert Koch

Question 27

introduced chemical disinfectants and practice of sterilization

Answer 27

joseph Lister (surgeon)

Question 28

the blend of sciences, skills and convictions that is focused on the preservation and improvement of health of all people through preventative rather than curative measures

Answer 28

public health