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Epidemiology Correct Answer-The study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations. Epi: upon Demos: the people Logia: Study Epidemiological Reasoning Correct Answer-Provides the methodological basis necessary for sound decision making in health related area...

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Epidemiology Correct Answer-The study of the distribution and
determinants of disease frequency in human populations.
Epi: upon
Demos: the people
Logia: Study


Epidemiological Reasoning Correct Answer-Provides the
methodological basis necessary for sound decision making in health
related areas.


Demographics Correct Answer-Agrarian Societies: - High Birth Rates -
High Mortality
Industrialized Societies: -Lower Birth Rates -Lower Mortality


John Graunt (1662) Correct Answer--Vital statistics (mortality, causes of
death)
-The first life table- population health viewed as probability of surviving
particular age.


Sir Percivall Pott (1775) Correct Answer-- Soot and chimney sweeps:
carcinoma (scrotal cancer)


William Farr (1837) Correct Answer--Coding

, - Mortality in various occupational groups and married vs. singles.


John Snow (1855) Correct Answer--Personal Physician of the Queen
-Study of cholera
- Shut down Broad Street Pump
- Did not do a microbiology study


Henle-Koch Postulates (1849)


5 Criteria of Causality Correct Answer-1) Strength of Association
2) Biologic Credibility
3) Consistency of findings
4) Temporal Sequence
5) Dose- response Relationship


Strength of Association Correct Answer-High Relative Risk (RR) means
strong association.


Biologic Credibility (reasonable explanation) Correct Answer-EX:
Cholesterol >> Atherosclerosis >> heart disease


Consistency of Findings Correct Answer-Several Studies discover
similar association (RR, OR, PR)

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