PPT 1

Question 1

Name factors that influence behaviour

Answer 1

1- societal influences
2- food production 
3- food consumption
4- individual psychology 
5- individual activity 
6- activity environment

Question 2

What was her thesis

Answer 2

the effects of aerobic training, resistance training and their combination of the cardiometabolic health of adolescents with obesity

Question 3

What epidemiology:
Epi =
Demos =
Logy =

Answer 3

among, upon
people
study

Question 4

1- Define epidemiology

Answer 4

the scientific study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations

Question 5

2- Define epidemiology

Answer 5

the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states and events in populations, and the application of this study to control health problems

Question 6

3- Define epidemiology

Answer 6

Study of health and disease in populations, the basic science of public health and preventative medicine

Question 7

What is John Last’s definition of epidemiology

Answer 7

The study of the distribution of health-related states or events in specific populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems

Question 8

5- Objectives of epidemiology

1- Investigate the..

Answer 8

Investigate the etiology of disease and modes of transmission

Question 9

5- Objectives of epidemiology

2- Determine the…

Answer 9

Determine the extent of disease problems in the community

Question 10

5- Objectives of epidemiology

3- Study

Answer 10

study the natural history and prognosis of disease

Question 11

5- Objectives of epidemiology

4- Evaluate both

Answer 11

Evaluate both existing and new preventive and therapeutic measures ad modes of health care delivery

Question 12

5- Objectives of epidemiology

5- Provide a foundation

Answer 12

Provide a foundation for developing public policy and regulatory decisions

Question 13

Public health investigations use what type of methods

Answer 13

quantitative

Question 14

Public health combines what

Answer 14

epidemiology and biostatistics

Question 15

Public health combinations

Answer 15

• epidemiology is about understanding of disease development and the methods used to uncover the etiology, progression and treatment of the disease
• Biostatistics used to analyze the data to aid decision making

Question 16

What are the 6 roles of epidemiology in public health

Answer 16

1- address a public health question
2- conduct a study
3- Collect data
4- Describe the observations/data
5- Assess the strength of evidence for/against a hypothesis; evaluate the data
6- Recommend interventions or preventive programs

Question 17

1- Address a public health question

Answer 17

• generate a hypothesis based on scientific rationale
• based on observations or anecdotal evidence
• based on results of prior studies

Question 18

2- Conduct a study - what are the 4 studies

Answer 18

1- survey
2- surveillance
3- observational
4- experimental

Question 19

Define survey study

Answer 19

Used to estimate the extent of the disease in the population

Question 20

Define surveillance study

Answer 20

Is designed to monitor or detect specific disease

Question 21

Define observational studies

Answer 21

investigate association between an exposure and a disease outcome. They rely on natural allocation of individuals to exposed or non exposed groups

Question 22

Define experimental studies

Answer 22

investigates the association between an exposure, often therapeutic treatment, and disease outcome. Individuals are intentionally placed into the treatment groups by the investigators

Question 23

Difference between observational an experimental studies

Answer 23

Observational studies are natural allocations and experimental are intentionally placed into groups

Question 24

3- Collecting data includes what

Answer 24

Numerical facts, measurements or observations

Question 25

3- Collecting data influences of what

Answer 25

influences of temporal and seasonal trends on the reliability and accuracy of data

Question 26

4- Describe the observations/data includes what

Answer 26

• descriptive statistical methods provide an exploratory assessment of the data from a study
• exploratory data analysis techniques
• organization and summarization of data
• tables
• graphs
• summary measures

Question 27

5- Assess the strength of evidence for/against a hypothesis; evaluate the data. Inferential statistical methods provide a confirmatory data analysis:

Answer 27

• generalize conclusions from data from part of a group to the whole group
• assess the strength of the evidence
• make comparisons
• make predictions
• ask more questions; suggest future research

Question 28

6- Recommend interventions or preventive programs. The study results will prove..

Answer 28

• The study results will prove or disprove the hypothesis, or sometimes fall into a grey area of unsure

Question 29

6- Recommend interventions or preventive programs. The study results appear in

Answer 29

• The study results appear in a peer-review publication and or are disseminated to the public by other names

Question 30

6- Recommend interventions or preventive programs. The consequence is

Answer 30

Consequence is the policy or action can range from developing specific regulatory programs to general personal behavioural changes

Question 31

Define physical activity

Answer 31

• body movement produced by skeletal muscle contraction that requires energy expenditure

Question 32

Define exercise

Answer 32

a type of PA that is planned, structure and repetitive done to improve or maintain components of physical fitness

Question 33

Define disease

Answer 33

reduced, abnormal or lost structure or function of cells, organs or systems of the body

Question 34

Define health

Answer 34

state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 35

Define morbidity

Answer 35

the quality or state of being morbid, morbidness

- of or related to disease; having a gloomy state of mind

Question 36

Define prevalence

Answer 36

how many people have this disease right now

Question 37

Define incidence

Answer 37

how many people per year newly acquire this disease

Question 38

Define mortality

Answer 38

death rate

Question 39

Define aetiology/etiology

Answer 39

the cause of origin of a disease or disorder

Question 40

Define physical activity epidemiology

Answer 40

deals with the frequency and patterns of physical activity in the population and the relationship between physical activity and health and disease.