6.What are 3 processes needed when coming to a diagnosis?: 1. patient
history
2. physical exam
3. diagnostic tests
PPD
7. Validity: how a tool measures what it is supposed to measure
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, 8. Reliability: the likelihood of the same result occurring if the test i
repeated
9. Sensitivity: True pos - proportion of people with the disease who are
positive for the disease
10.Specificity: True neg - proportion of people without the disease who
are nega- tive for the disease
11.What is the definition of Epidemiology and what does it track?: The
study of how disease occurrence effects the human population. It tracks
social determinants of health (i.e. age, race, geographic location,
dietary habits)
12.Incidence: # of NEW cases in a population at risk at a specified time
13.Prevalence: # of existing cases in a population at a given time
14.Mortality: death rate; cause of death in a population
15.Morbidity: The effect of a disease on quality of life
16.Primary Prevention: Eliminating risk factors to prevent disease from
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