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HLTH 4011 (Public Health) EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED
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HLTH 4011 (Public Health) EXAM 1 STUDYGUIDE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED
Prevent pathogen from encountering susceptible host (95% of population
has been vaccinated)
Verified Answer -herd immunity
Occurs infrequently and irregularly (e.g., Ebola virus, avian flu)
Verified Answer -sporadic disease
Amount of disease that is usually present in the community (i.e., baseline
level of disease)
Verified Answer -endemic
An aggregation of cases grouped in time and place that are suspected to be
greater than the number expected
Verified Answer -cluster
An increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what
is normally expected in that population
Verified Answer -epidemic
Same definition as epidemic but often used for a more limited geographic
area
Verified Answer -outbreak
, An epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents, usually
impacting a large number of individuals
Verified Answer -pandemic
a rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurological disease that attacks the
nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles
Verified Answer -Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)/Lou Gehrig's Disease
earliest symptoms may include twitching, cramping, or stiffness of muscles;
muscle weakness affecting an arm or a leg; slurred and nasal speech; or
difficulty chewing or swallowing
Verified Answer -Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)/Lou Gehrig's Disease
what do most people with ALS die from within 3 to 5 years from the onset of
symptoms?
Verified Answer -respiratory failure
what % of ALS patients survive for 10 or more years?
Verified Answer -10%
nominal and ordinal
Verified Answer -categorical variables
variable with no numerical ranking
-If two mutually exclusive categories à referred to as a dichotomous variable
(yes/no)
Verified Answer -nominal variable
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