Epidemiology Correct Answer concerned with the distribution and determinants of health and diseases, morbidity, injuries, disability, and mortality in populations
Epidemic Correct Answer a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
Pandemic Correct A...
PH 3300 Exam #1 Questions with Correct Answers
Epidemiology Correct Answer ✓✓ concerned with the distribution and
determinants of health and diseases, morbidity, injuries, disability, and
mortality in populations
Epidemic Correct Answer ✓✓ a widespread occurrence of an infectious
disease in a community at a particular time.
Pandemic Correct Answer ✓✓ an epidemic that is geographically
widespread
Distribution Correct Answer ✓✓ occurrence of diseases and other
health outcomes varies in populations, with some subgroups of the
populations more frequently affected than others
Determinant Correct Answer ✓✓ a strong factor in an outcome
Exposure Correct Answer ✓✓ to come in contact
Outcome Correct Answer ✓✓ all the possible results that may stem
from exposure to a causal factor
Risk Factor Correct Answer ✓✓ an exposure that is associated with a
disease, morbidity, mortality, or another adverse health outcome
, Descriptive epidemiology Correct Answer ✓✓ refers to epidemiologic
studies that are concerned with characterizing the amount and
distribution of health and disease within a population
Analytic epidemiology Correct Answer ✓✓ examines causal (etiologic)
hypotheses regarding the association between exposures and health
conditions
Epidemiologic transition Correct Answer ✓✓ describes a shift in the
patterns of morbidity and mortality from causes related primarily to
infectious and communicable diseases to causes associated with chronic,
degenerative diseases
Demographic transition Correct Answer ✓✓ change in a population
from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates
Risk assessment Correct Answer ✓✓ the process of measuring risk
Hippocrates Correct Answer ✓✓ suggested that environmental factors
such as water quality and the air were implicated in the causation of
diseases
Paracelsus Correct Answer ✓✓ Father of toxicology
John Graunt Correct Answer ✓✓ Father of Statistics
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