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PHLT 305 Exam 1 QUESTIONS &ANSWERS
What is epidemiology? - with Answers:The study of the distribution and determinants of health-
related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of
health problems.
Key Characteristics of Epi - with Answers:population focus, distribution, determinants,
outcomes, quantification, control of health problems
What does population focus of epi focus on? - with Answers:on the occurrence of health and
disease in the population
What is epi sometimes referred as? - with Answers:population medicine
- conflicts with clinical medicine which focuses on individual
Distribution of Epidemiology - with Answers:occurrence of diseases/other health outcomes
varies in populations
- some subgroups more effected than others
determinant - with Answers:a collective or individual risk factor
Exposures - with Answers:pertain either to contact with a disease-causing factor or to the amount
of the factor that impinges upon a group or individuals
- related to determinants!
Outcomes - with Answers:expressed as types and measures of morbidity (illness due to a specific
disease) and mortality (death)
epi is a ______ kind of discipline? - with Answers:quantitative
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