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GNUR 207 Quiz 5Epidemiology - ANS-Used to understand and explain how and why health and illness
occur as they do in human populations
Direct Transmission - ANS-Person-to-person contact
Indirect Transmission - ANS-From non-human reservoir to a human population
Rate - ANS-Health statistics that describe the FREQUENCY of death or a
disease/condition in a population
Ratio - ANS-Compare one number with another; used to compare one high risk
population with another
Incidence - ANS-NEW cases (rate); rate at which a specific disease develops in a
population
Prevalence - ANS-New + existing cases (rate); rate that includes ALL the cases that
exist at a given time
Mortality Statistics - ANS-Mortality Rate (number of death cases)
Rate Calculation - ANS-(Number of Events/Populations at Risk) x 100,000
Epidemiological Triangle - ANS-Host, agent, environment
Incubation Period - ANS-Time interval between INVASION by an infectious agent and
the APPEARANCE OF FIRST SIGNS/SYMPTOMS of the disease
Communicable Period - ANS-Time interval during which an infectious agent may be
TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY/INDIRECTLY from an infected person to another person
Health Disparities - ANS-PREVENTABLE differences in the burden of disease, injury,
violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially
disadvantaged populations
Populations - ANS-Factors such as race or ethnicity, gender, education or income,
disability, geographic location, or sexual orientation; nothing to do with biology
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