Theme 1

Question 1

define health

Answer 1

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

Question 2

define health equity

Answer 2

Differences in the quality of health and healthcare

across different populations (global, national, area)

Question 3

define health inequality

Answer 3

Socio-economic differences in health outcome

Question 4

define exposure

Answer 4

also known as ‘risk factors’ or ‘determinants’

factor affecting the outcome

Question 5

define outcome

Answer 5

health or healthcare issue being studied

Question 6

define validity

Answer 6

the degree to which an instrument measures what we intend to measure.1

Question 7

define reliability

Answer 7

if no real change has occurred, your outcome measure will produce the same number each time you use it

Question 8

define responsisvness

Answer 8

the ability of an instrument to accurately detect change when it has occurred.

Question 9

define numerical data

Answer 9

data have meaning as a measuremen

Question 10

define discrete data

Answer 10

represent items that can be counted- no decimals

Question 11

define continuos data

Answer 11

represent mesaurments-their possible values cannot be counted and can only be described using intervals on the real number line

Question 12

define catergorical datas

Answer 12

represents characteristics.

Question 13

define ordinal data

Answer 13

mixes numerical and categorical data. The data fall into categories, but the numbers placed on the categories have meaning. For example, rating a restaurant on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 4 (highest) stars gives ordinal data.

Question 14

define nominal

Answer 14

Nominal scales are used for labeling variables, without any quantitative value. “Nominal” scales could simply be called “labels.”