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Epidemiology & Biostatistics Exam Iwith complete solutions
Health - correct answer ✔✔The Absence of Illness with six dimensions
What are the Six dimensions of Helath? - correct answer ✔✔1. Social
2. Environmental
3. Physical
4. Intellectual
5. Emotional
6. Spiritual
Biostatistics - correct answer ✔✔The application of statistical principles to medical, public health, and
biological applications
Involves collecting, summarizing, interpreting information and making inferences that appropriately
account for uncertainty
Summarizing a sample of population then making inferences about entire population
What are some issues/limitations of Biostatistics? - correct answer ✔✔you must clearly define the
objective or research question
must choose the appropriate study design
must choose a sufficiently large representative sample
must carefully collect and analyze data
,must quantify uncertainty
must appropriately account for relationships among characteristics
must limit inferences to appropriate population
Physical Health - correct answer ✔✔The ability of the human body to function properly; includes
physical fitness and activities of daily living
Social Health - correct answer ✔✔The ability to have satisfying relationships; interaction with social
institutions
Mental Health - correct answer ✔✔Ability to think clearly, reason objectively and act properly
Emotional Health - correct answer ✔✔Ability to cope, adjust and adapt; self- efficacy and self esteem
Spiritual Health - correct answer ✔✔Feeling as if part of a greater spectrum of existence; personal
beliefs and choices
Environmental Health - correct answer ✔✔Comprised of external factors (i.e. one's surrounding such as
habitat or occupation)
What is the mission of public health? - correct answer ✔✔To ensure conditions that promote the six
dimensions of health in the population as a whole
Population Definition - correct answer ✔✔refers to a collection of individuals that share one or more
observable personal or observational characteristics from which data may be collected and evaluated
(i.e. social, economic, family, work, and labor force, geographic factors)
What are the three core functions of Public Health - correct answer ✔✔1. Assessment
, 2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
What are the two parts of ASSESSMENT (part of 10 essential services) - correct answer ✔✔1. Monitor
Health
2. Diagnose & Investigate
What is the purpose of monitoring? (part of 10 essential services) - correct answer ✔✔Monitor health
status to identify and solve community health problems
What are the four parts of Assurance (part of 10 essential services) - correct answer ✔✔1. Assure
Competent workforce
2. Evaluate
3. Link to/ provide care
4. Enforce Laws
What are the three parts of Policy Development? (part of 10 essential services) - correct answer ✔✔1.
Inform, educate, empower
2. Mobilize community partnerships
3. Develop policies
What are the two primary disciplines that provide the foundations of public health? - correct answer
✔✔1. Epidemiology
2. Biostatistics
Epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔The study of the distribution and determinants of health related
states or events in human populations, and the application of this study to prevent and control health
problems
Does Epidemiology involve scientific investigation? - correct answer ✔✔Yes
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