NR 503 Midterm Chamberlain Questions
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Epidemiology - ANSWER✔✔ The study of disease distribution within populations
and the risk factors that affect increases or decreases in distribution.
Population Health - ANSWER✔✔ Focuses on risk, data, demographics and
outcomes
Outcome - ANSWER✔✔ The end result that follows an intervention
Aggregate - ANSWER✔✔ A group of persons who share one or more traits or
characteristics without necessarily having had any direct social connection.
Examples:
Female doctors (all are female, all are doctors, all are both)
Community - ANSWER✔✔ Composed of multiple aggregates
Data - ANSWER✔✔ Compiled information
Prevalence - ANSWER✔✔ Measures the existence of all current cases within a
time frame
Think: Prev-A-lence = ALL or (P)resence
Incidence - ANSWER✔✔ Measures the appearance of new cases
, Think: What is "in" is "new"
Surveillance - ANSWER✔✔ Is the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis,
interpretation, and dissemination of health data to help guide public health
decision making and action.
High Risk - ANSWER✔✔ Increased chance of poor health outcome
Morbidity - ANSWER✔✔ The presence of disease/illness in a population or
aggregate
Morbidity = disease
The 2 primary measures are incidence and prevalence.
Mortality - ANSWER✔✔ Related to the tracking of deaths within a population or
aggregate
Mortality = deaths
Primary Prevention - ANSWER✔✔ The prevention of disease before it occurs
Examples: Immunization. Healthy diet. Exercise.
Secondary Prevention - ANSWER✔✔ Screening and diagnosis of disease
Examples: Mammogram. Colonoscopy. Imaging (CT, X-ray, MRI).
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