Population Specific Disease

Question 1

What does OPHIE do?

Answer 1

monitor health
diagnose & investigate
inform, educate, and empower
mobilize community partnerships
develop policies
enforce laws
link to & provide care
assure a competent workforce
evaluate
research

Question 2

What is the Nevada Public Health Surveillance?

Answer 2

Public Health Informatics
Communicable Disease/Syndromic Surveillance
Health Facility Epidemiology
STD/HIV?TB?Hep/YRBs
Cancer Registry

Question 3

What is the total case count?

Answer 3

of cases in a population/area in a given amount of time or on a certain date

Question 4

What is a crude rate?

Answer 4

number of new cases in a specified population during a period of time, usually expressed as a number of cases/100,000 population at risk

Question 5

What is age-adjusted rate?

Answer 5

calculated by multiplying each crude rate by the appropriate rate & summing the products.

Question 6

How many cases of chlamydia are there in NV per year?

Answer 6

11,000

Question 7

What is an outbreak?

Answer 7

occurrence of cases in a rate in excess of that which is normally expected for that community

Question 8

What is the protocol for measles outbreaks?

Answer 8

notification of health depot
immediate evaluation
isolation
testing
contact tracing
interventions
results/end isolation

Question 9

What do you see with a cutaneous infection of Malassezia furfur?

Answer 9

if it is a cutaneous mycoses may see hypo pigmentation or hyper pigmentation indicative of pityriasis versicolor
KOH will show spaghetti & meat balls