Public Health and Behavioural Science

Question 1

biomedical model

Answer 1

the body as a machine - does not take into account the patient and how they are feeling, social factors, behaviours etc

Question 2

biopsychosocial model

Answer 2

intergrating disease factors and patient factors

Question 3

epidemiology

Answer 3

study of frequency, distribution + determinants of disease in a population

Question 4

epidemiological triangle

Answer 4

vector, food, environment

Question 5

incidence

Answer 5

number of new cases of disease in a population/number of persons with risk of developing the disease in the same population

Question 6

prevalence

Answer 6

number of cases of a disease present in a population/number of people with risk of having a disease in the same population

Question 7

negative predictive value

Answer 7

proportion of those who test negative who actually do not have the disease

Question 8

positive predictive value

Answer 8

proportion of those who test positive who actually have the disease

Question 9

sensitivity

Answer 9

test true positives and is the proportion of those who are correctly identified by a +ve test

Question 10

specificity

Answer 10

test true negative and is the proportion of those who do not have the disease who are correctly identified by a -ve test

Question 11

tertiary prevention

Answer 11

stopping later complications from developing

Question 12

yield

Answer 12

number of previously undiagnosed cases picked up by a screening programme

Question 13

primary prevention

Answer 13

stopping a disease before it starts

Question 14

health literacy

Answer 14

ability to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health

Question 15

secondary prevention

Answer 15

stopping a disease from getting worse