Epidemiology - answer The science of public health
Population Health - answer Focuses on risk, data, demographics and outcomes
Outcome - answer The end result that follows an intervention
Aggregate - answer Defined population
Community - answer Composed of multiple aggregates
Data - answer Compiled information
Prevalence - answer measures the existence of all current cases within a time frame
Incidence - answer Measures the appearance of new cases
Surveillance - answer Collection, analysis, dissemination of data
High-risk - answer Increased chance of poor health outcome
Morbidity - answer Presence of illness in population
Mortality - answer Related to the tracking of deaths within an aggregate
Secondary prevention - answer You are a nurse practitioner providing hypertension
screening at a local health fair. This screening is categorized as what type of
prevention?
Incidence - answer A NP and PA are collaborating on a project to determine the number
of new cases of traumatic brain injury per year from football in their community. What
word best describes the data they are looking for?
Population Health - answer The focus on assessing risk, data, and demographics for
large groups is the practice of which of the following?
An Aggregate - answerA provide is working on collecting outcome data for an
intervention to increase the quality of life for spouses providing care to their spouses
with dementia. What would the family member who received the intervention (those
spouses receiving the intervention) be referred to?
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