Week 2

Question 1

What are the four components of population health?

Answer 1

population, health, society shared health concerns, and vulnerable groups

Question 2

Define epidemiology:

Answer 2

is a study of distribution and determinants of health related states or event in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems

Question 3

Define the three levels of prevention:

Answer 3

Primary prevention: reduction of risk factors before occurrence of disease, condition or injury

Secondary prevention: Early detection of the potential for development of a disease or condition, or the existence of a disease while asymptomatic

Tertiary prevention: Treatment of an existing symptomatic disease process to ameliorate its effects, or delay or prevent its progress
People that have the disease ( restore their health) or to reduce suffering

Question 4

What is the difference between high risk vs at risk approach?

Answer 4

High Risk Approach addresses “immediate” cause, work with those at greater risk whereas, at risk approach: address “root cause” of disease in population, work with whole population

Question 5

Measuring disease-prevalence vs incidence

Answer 5

Prevalence: # of people who currently have a condition

Incidence: # of new cases/diagnosed