CHS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS 2024
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CHS
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CHS
Epidemiology - ACCURATE ANSWERthe study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the application of the study of control health problems
endemic - ACCURATE ANSWERthe constant presence of a disease or infectious agent in a certain geogra...
CHS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
CHS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS 2024
Epidemiology - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the study of the distribution and
determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the
application of the study of control health problems
endemic - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the constant presence of a disease or
infectious agent in a certain geographic area or population group or a disease that
occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course
epidemic - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the rapid spread of a disease in a specific
area or among a certain population group. The occurrence of disease in excess of
normal expectancy
pandemic - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅a worldwide epidemic; an epidemic
occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a large number of people
,epidemiologist - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅a person who practices
epidemiology
cases - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅people afflicted with a disease
rate - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the number of events that occur in a given
population in a given period of time
morbidity rate - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the number of people who are sick
divided by the total population
mortality rate - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the number of deaths in a population
divided by the total population
incidence rate - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the number of new health-related
events or cases of a disease divided by the total number in the population at risk
prevalence - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the number of new and old cases of a
disease in a population in a given period of time, divided by the total number in
that population
acute disease - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅a disease that last three months or
less
chronic disease - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅a disease or health condition that
lasts longer than three months
, life expectancy - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the average number of years a
person from a specific cohort is projected to live from a given point in time
years of potential life lost - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the number of years lost
when death occurs before the age of 65 or 75
vital statistics - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅statistical summaries of records of
major life events such as births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and infant deaths
communicable (infectious) disease - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅an illness
caused by some specific biological agent or its toxic product that can be
transmitted from an infected person, animal, or inanimate reservoir to a susceptible
host
noncommunicable (noninfectious) disease - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅a
disease that cannot be transmitted from infected host to susceptible host
infectivity - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the ability of a biological agent to enter
and grow in the host
pathogenicity - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the capability of a communicable
disease agent to cause disease in a susceptible host
communicable disease model - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the minimal
requirements for the occurrence and spread f communicable disease from its source
to a susceptible host
case - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅a person who is sick with disease
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