Health 3300: Epidemiology Exam 1 Questions with Correct answers
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Public Health
Epidemiology Correct Answer-The study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations.
Epi: upon
Demos: the people
Logia: Study
Epidemiological Reasoning Correct Answer-Provides the methodological basis necessary for sound decision making in health related area...
Health 3300: Epidemiology Exam 1 Questions with
Correct answers
Epidemiology Correct Answer-The study of the distribution and
determinants of disease frequency in human populations.
Epi: upon
Demos: the people
Logia: Study
Epidemiological Reasoning Correct Answer-Provides the
methodological basis necessary for sound decision making in health
related areas.
Demographics Correct Answer-Agrarian Societies: - High Birth Rates -
High Mortality
Industrialized Societies: -Lower Birth Rates -Lower Mortality
John Graunt (1662) Correct Answer--Vital statistics (mortality, causes of
death)
-The first life table- population health viewed as probability of surviving
particular age.
Sir Percivall Pott (1775) Correct Answer-- Soot and chimney sweeps:
carcinoma (scrotal cancer)
William Farr (1837) Correct Answer--Coding
, - Mortality in various occupational groups and married vs. singles.
John Snow (1855) Correct Answer--Personal Physician of the Queen
-Study of cholera
- Shut down Broad Street Pump
- Did not do a microbiology study
Henle-Koch Postulates (1849)
5 Criteria of Causality Correct Answer-1) Strength of Association
2) Biologic Credibility
3) Consistency of findings
4) Temporal Sequence
5) Dose- response Relationship
Strength of Association Correct Answer-High Relative Risk (RR) means
strong association.
Consistency of Findings Correct Answer-Several Studies discover
similar association (RR, OR, PR)
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