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Epidemiology - correct answer.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 proble...
Epidemiology - correct answer.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"
Nature, extent, and cause - correct answer.Epidemiology studies the _____ of public
health problems
Epidemics - correct answer.The origins of epidemiology as a science from the study of
______ of communicable diseases
Study - correct answer.Systematic surveillance, observation, experimentation.... use fo
a scientific approach
Distribution - correct answer.Frequency and pattern of health related states and events.
Refers to person, place, time
Determinants - correct answer.The physical, biological, social, cultural, economic, and
the behavioral factors that influence health
Health-related states or events - correct answer.Includes all health related states and
events-- illness, injury, and disability
Specified populations - correct answer.The characteristics of who is healthy, who is at
risk for the disease, and who aquires the disease
Identify factors associated with the development of disease and factors that prevent
illness and promote wellness - correct answer.Goals of epidemiology:
Surveillance - correct answer.1. Core epidemiological function
Field investigations - correct answer.2. Core epidemiological function
,Analytic studies - correct answer.3.Core epidemiological function
Evaluation - correct answer.4. Core epidemiological function
Linkages - correct answer.5. Core epidemiological function
Policy - correct answer.6. Core epidemiological function
Descriptive stats - correct answer.The frequency (number of events) and pattern of
health-related states and events. *The who, where, and when, or person place and
time*
Analytic stats - correct answer.The why/how or cause and effect--> quantifies the
association between exposures and outcomes to determine casual relationships and
risk factors
Population health - correct answer.What epidemiology focuses on, never provides
direct care to individuals
CDC - correct answer.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
Biostatistics - correct answer.Epidemiology is a story and ____ backs it up with the
numbers and figures
Epidemiologic transitions - correct answer.The change from infectious disease as a
predominant cause of mortality to noncommunicable disease as a leading cause of
mortality
Cause - correct answer.An actual causative agent of a disease
Risk factor - correct answer.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
Efficacy - correct answer.The ability to produce results under ideal conditions (like in a
controlled program)
Effectiveness - correct answer.The ability of a program to produce the intended or
expected results in the field
, Efficiency - correct answer.The ability of the program to produce the intended results
with a minimum expenditure of time and resources
Acute - correct answer.Disorder with sudden onset, relatively severe and short in
duration of symptoms
Chronic - correct answer.Less severe symptoms but long and continuous in duration
that last over long periods of time/ entire lifetime
Communicable - correct answer.The ability of a disease to be transmitted from one
person to another or to spread through the population. AKA contagious
Chi-square test
Spearman correlation coefficient
Mann-Whitney test - correct answer.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
Not a statistically significant relationship between the variables - correct answer.A p-
value 0.50 from a Spearman Correlation Coefficient would indicate that there is:
There is not a statistically significant difference between the groups - correct answer.An
analysis of variance results in a p-value of 0.50. The researcher should conclude that
F - correct answer.T/F: The interpretation of a p-value varies depends on what
statistical test was used to obtain the p-value.
Independent T-test - correct answer.When comparing hemoglobin A1C measurements
that are normally distributed with no outliers in 2 independent groups, the researcher
should use which of the following tests?
Repeated measures ANOVA
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