NSG 522 Questions And Answers With Verified Study
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The core science of public health. "The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events
in specified populations and the application of this knowledge to the control of health problem" ANS
Epidemiology
Epidemiology studies the _____ of public health problems ANS Nature, extent, and cause
The origins of epidemiology as a science from the study of ______ of communicable diseases ANS Epidemics
Systematic surveillance, observation, experimentation.... use fo a scientific approach ANS Study
Frequency and pattern of health related states and events. Refers to person, place, time ANS Distribution
The physical, biological, social, cultural, economic, and the behavioral factors that influence health ANS
Determinants
Includes all health related states and events-- illness, injury, and disability ANS Health-related states or events
The characteristics of who is healthy, who is at risk for the disease, and who aquires the disease ANS Specified
populations
Goals of epidemiology: ANS Identify factors associated with the development of disease and factors that
prevent illness and promote wellness
1. Core epidemiological function ANS Surveillance
2. Core epidemiological function ANS Field investigations
3.Core epidemiological function ANS Analytic studies
4. Core epidemiological function ANS Evaluation
,5. Core epidemiological function ANS Linkages
6. Core epidemiological function ANS Policy
The frequency (number of events) and pattern of health-related states and events. *The who, where, and when, or
person place and time* ANS Descriptive stats
The why/how or cause and effect--> quantifies the association between exposures and outcomes to determine casual
relationships and risk factors ANS Analytic stats
What epidemiology focuses on, never provides direct care to individuals ANS Population health
The ____ works to protect America from health, safety, and security threats both foreign and in the US. The diseases
can start here or abroad, be chronic or acute, curable or preventable, from human error or deliberateattack ANS
CDC
Epidemiology is a story and ____ backs it up with the numbers and figures ANS Biostatistics
The change from infectious disease as a predominant cause of mortality to noncommunicable disease as a leading
cause of mortality ANS Epidemiologic transitions
Surveillance, field investigations, analytic studies, evaluation, linkages, policy ANS Core epidemiological
functions
An actual causative agent of a disease ANS Cause
Factors or events associated with the disease of interest-- not necessarily direct causes of disease or injury but are
associate with the development of it. Ex) poverty, neighborhood, race, education ANS Risk factor
The ability to produce results under ideal conditions (like in a controlled program) ANS Efficacy
The ability of a program to produce the intended or expected results in the field ANS Effectiveness
, The ability of the program to produce the intended results with a minimum expenditure of time and resources ANS
Efficiency
Disorder with sudden onset, relatively severe and short in duration of symptoms ANS Acute
Less severe symptoms but long and continuous in duration that last over long periods of time/ entire lifetime ANS
Chronic
The ability of a disease to be transmitted from one person to another or to spread through the population. AKA
contagious ANS Communicable
Which of the following are nonparametric tests? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
Chi-square test
Dependent t-test
Spearman correlation coefficient
One-way analysis of variance
Mann-Whitney test ANS Chi-square test
Spearman correlation coefficient
Mann-Whitney test
A p-value 0.50 from a Spearman Correlation Coefficient would indicate that there is: ANS Not a statistically
significant relationship between the variables
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The core science of public health. "The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events
in specified populations and the application of this knowledge to the control of health problem" ANS
Epidemiology
Epidemiology studies the _____ of public health problems ANS Nature, extent, and cause
The origins of epidemiology as a science from the study of ______ of communicable diseases ANS Epidemics
Systematic surveillance, observation, experimentation.... use fo a scientific approach ANS Study
Frequency and pattern of health related states and events. Refers to person, place, time ANS Distribution
The physical, biological, social, cultural, economic, and the behavioral factors that influence health ANS
Determinants
Includes all health related states and events-- illness, injury, and disability ANS Health-related states or events
The characteristics of who is healthy, who is at risk for the disease, and who aquires the disease ANS Specified
populations
Goals of epidemiology: ANS Identify factors associated with the development of disease and factors that
prevent illness and promote wellness
1. Core epidemiological function ANS Surveillance
2. Core epidemiological function ANS Field investigations
3.Core epidemiological function ANS Analytic studies
4. Core epidemiological function ANS Evaluation
,5. Core epidemiological function ANS Linkages
6. Core epidemiological function ANS Policy
The frequency (number of events) and pattern of health-related states and events. *The who, where, and when, or
person place and time* ANS Descriptive stats
The why/how or cause and effect--> quantifies the association between exposures and outcomes to determine casual
relationships and risk factors ANS Analytic stats
What epidemiology focuses on, never provides direct care to individuals ANS Population health
The ____ works to protect America from health, safety, and security threats both foreign and in the US. The diseases
can start here or abroad, be chronic or acute, curable or preventable, from human error or deliberateattack ANS
CDC
Epidemiology is a story and ____ backs it up with the numbers and figures ANS Biostatistics
The change from infectious disease as a predominant cause of mortality to noncommunicable disease as a leading
cause of mortality ANS Epidemiologic transitions
Surveillance, field investigations, analytic studies, evaluation, linkages, policy ANS Core epidemiological
functions
An actual causative agent of a disease ANS Cause
Factors or events associated with the disease of interest-- not necessarily direct causes of disease or injury but are
associate with the development of it. Ex) poverty, neighborhood, race, education ANS Risk factor
The ability to produce results under ideal conditions (like in a controlled program) ANS Efficacy
The ability of a program to produce the intended or expected results in the field ANS Effectiveness
, The ability of the program to produce the intended results with a minimum expenditure of time and resources ANS
Efficiency
Disorder with sudden onset, relatively severe and short in duration of symptoms ANS Acute
Less severe symptoms but long and continuous in duration that last over long periods of time/ entire lifetime ANS
Chronic
The ability of a disease to be transmitted from one person to another or to spread through the population. AKA
contagious ANS Communicable
Which of the following are nonparametric tests? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
Chi-square test
Dependent t-test
Spearman correlation coefficient
One-way analysis of variance
Mann-Whitney test ANS Chi-square test
Spearman correlation coefficient
Mann-Whitney test
A p-value 0.50 from a Spearman Correlation Coefficient would indicate that there is: ANS Not a statistically
significant relationship between the variables
