Definition 1 of 61
And interventions designed for the purpose of educational and behavioral changes at the
population level
Case - control study
Community intervention (also community trial)
Clinical trial
Community - based participatory research (CBPR)
Definition 2 of 61
Field of epidemiology that studies the role of behavior factors in health.
Common source epidemic
bias (also, systematic errors)
Behavioral epidemiology
case fatality rate
Definition 3 of 61
Modifications that individuals or groups undergo when they come into contact with another
culture.
acculturation
allostatic load
Association
case fatality rate
,Definition 4 of 61
Degree to which a measure covers the domains or range of meanings included within a
concept
Continuous variable
Content validity (also, rational or logical validity)
case fatality rate
Cross - sectional study (also, prevalence study)
Definition 5 of 61
In an illness caused by an infectious agent that can be transmitted from one person to another
Behavioral medicine
case fatality rate
Common source epidemic
Communicable disease
Definition 6 of 61
Situation wherein in infectious agent may multiply on the surface of the body without invoking
a tissue or immune response.
allostatic load
acculturation
Colonization
Association
,Definition 7 of 61
Number of deaths caused by a disease among those who have the disease during a time
period.
Classification
age-specific rate
cause-specific rate
case fatality rate
Definition 8 of 61
Type of validity found by correlating a measure with an external criterion of the entity being
assessed to determine the accuracy of the data (can include predictive and concurrent
validity)
Buffering model of social support
Criterion - referenced validity
crude birth rate
Continuous variable
Definition 9 of 61
I disease outbreak cause by common exposure of a group of individuals to a disease agent.
Continuous variable
Construct Validity
Cyclic fluctuation
Common source epidemic
, Definition 10 of 61
A field of statistics that is applied to living organisms.
antigenicity
Classification
Biostatistics
Chronic disease
Definition 11 of 61
A situation in which only a single copy of an altered gene located on the non-sex chromosome
is sufficient to cause an increased risk of disease.
Colonization
Attributable risk
Continuous variable
Autosomal dominant
Definition 12 of 61
A measure of the number of infections produced on average by an infected individual in the
early stages of an epidemic when virtually all contacts are susceptible.
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