T or F : Cause and Effect conclusions are warranted with epidemiological
findings. - ANS ✓F
T or F : If a measure is valid it is also reliable. - ANS ✓T
Name the standard or principle of epidemiology that is defined in part as
the cause preceding the effect? - ANS ✓Temporal Sequence
Name the standard or principle of epidemiology that is defined in part as
the cause-effect relationship being seen in the presence and absence of
other influences. - ANS ✓Independence
If a person has a relative risk of 3.4 for stroke it means that person is 3.4
times more likely to have a stroke than a person who is at even risk of 1.0.
What percent increase would this be? - ANS ✓240%
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a term used to define how much a particular risk factor
influences the risk of a specified outcome? - ANS ✓Relative Risk
If a person has a relative risk of 0.4 for stroke it means that person is more
or less likely to have a stroke than a person who is at even risk of 1.0. What
percent increase / decrease would this be? - ANS ✓LESS, DECREASE, 60%
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T or F : The gap between what is known scientifically about healthy living
and what most US citizens actually do is small. - ANS ✓F
T or F : Aggressive penetrant genes that almost always cause disease only
account for about 5% of chronic diseases. - ANS ✓T
A weaker gene that can cause disease if a person has an unhealthy lifestyle
is called a ______________. - ANS ✓Polymorphism
Reducing disease at the end of life to the least amount possible is called _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . - ANS ✓Compression of Morbidity
What is the most prevalent (common) lifestyle related health risk in the
US? - ANS ✓Poor diet
How many servings of whole grains is recommended per day? - ANS ✓3
servings/day
4 suggestions Pres. Benson made in fireside? - ANS ✓sleep, diet, exercise,
righteousness
Difference between morbidity and mortality? - ANS ✓morbidity is illness,
mortality is death
What type of study was the Nurses Health Study? - ANS ✓Cohort (big group
over a long period of time)
What is wellness? - ANS ✓a positive component of health
Incidence - ANS ✓= number of new cases (RATE OF OCCURENCE)
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