BSNC 1000 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers.
Population Health - answerthe health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the
distribution of such outcomes within the group
Epidimiology - answerBranch of medical science concerning diseases
descriptive epidemiology - answerThe aspect of...
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BSNC 1000 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers.
Population Health - answer✔✔the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the
distribution of such outcomes within the group
Epidimiology - answer✔✔Branch of medical science concerning diseases
descriptive epidemiology - answer✔✔The aspect of epidemiology concerned with organizing
and summarizing health-related data according to time, place, and person
ex. what is the disease, who is affected etc
analytical epidemiology - answer✔✔studied etiology, where the disease came from, why does it
affect some populations more than others
step one of epidemiological process - answer✔✔define the health pattern and explore current
stats related to the health pattern. health patterns could be outbreaks of diseases, injuries,
wellness etc
step two of the epidemiological process - answer✔✔using epidemiological methods to describe
distribution (who, ehere, when) of a disease or injury
step three of epidemiological process - answer✔✔searching for factors that contribute to the
pattern risk of occurance (not washing hands)
step four of epidemiological process - answer✔✔determining what has influenced the occurance
of a disease or injury (low levels of measles vacceines)
Morbidity - answer✔✔Refers to the occurence of disease within a population
mortality - answer✔✔death
proportion - answer✔✔shows the relationship. t the total number and the frequency of occurence
in the case of a health event
rate - answer✔✔measure of the frequency of a health event in a pecific population in a defined
time period
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incidence rate - answer✔✔number of people contracting a disease during a time period
prevalence rate - answer✔✔Total number of people infected at one time in a population,
regardless of when the disease began.
measures of incidence - answer✔✔measures of risk of acquiring a disease or measures of the
rate at which new cases of disease develop in a population
epidemic - answer✔✔A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.
Pandemic - answer✔✔Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high
proportion of the population.
point epidemic - answer✔✔Concentration in space and time of a disease event, such that a graph
of the frequency of cases over time shows a sharp point, usually suggestive of a common
exposure.
endemic - answer✔✔native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or
prevalent in a field (pneumonia in elderly)
Levels of Prevention - answer✔✔primary (before condition), secondary (at risk of developing
condition, screening occurs), tertiary (client has the condition and it is being treated,
management of chronic diseases)
Determinants of health - answer✔✔Factors that raise or lower a level of health in a population or
individual. Determinants of health help to explain or predict trends in health and why some
groups have better or worse health than others.
chronic disease - answer✔✔a disease that develops gradually and continues over a long period of
time
characteristics of chronic disease management - answer✔✔1. self management,
2. public health policy,
3. decision support,
4. delivery system design, 5. information system,
6. community action,
7. supportive environment
self-management - answer✔✔managing your own disease
public health policy - answer✔✔decisions made in regard to the health of the individual and the
community
chain of infection - answer✔✔infectious agent (pathogen), reservoir (source of pathogen growth)
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