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Public Health 3300 Exam 2 Questions with CorrectAnswers
Epidemiology Correct Answer ✓✓ the study of the distribution and
determinants of health-related states in specified populations, and the
application of this study to control health problems
Epidemiology surveillance Correct Answer ✓✓ a system requiring that
certain diseases be reported, allowing the detection of epidemics
Notifiable disease Correct Answer ✓✓ a disease that law requires to be
reported to public health authorities as part of the public health
surveillance system
Risk factors Correct Answer ✓✓ a characteristic that has been
demonstrated statistically to increase a person's chance of developing a
disease or being injured
Endemic Correct Answer ✓✓ the usual level prevalence of a disease in
a given geographic area
Epidemic Correct Answer ✓✓ the occurrence of disease in a geographic
area/community at a rate that clearly exceeds the normal expected rate
Pandemic Correct Answer ✓✓ worldwide epidemic
, Cluster Correct Answer ✓✓ a group of cases in a certain place and time
suspected to be greater than expected
Prevalence Correct Answer ✓✓ portion of persons in a population who
have a particular disease at a specific point in time
Mortality Correct Answer ✓✓ the incidence of deaths per unit of time
Morbidity Correct Answer ✓✓ the term used to mean illness or disease
Hippocrates Correct Answer ✓✓ considered to be the Father of Western
Medicine, he was the first person to believe that disease is caused
naturally and distinguished endemic vs. epidemic
Dr. John Snow Correct Answer ✓✓ considered to be the Father of
Modern Epidemiology, he was the first to develop and implement
methods of epidemiology through the London cholera epidemic
Rate Correct Answer ✓✓ number of cases of disease per population at
risk
Incidence Correct Answer ✓✓ rate of new cases of a disease in a
defined population over a defined period of time; measures the
probability that a healthy person in the population will develop the
disease during that time
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