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What are the two types of measure that can be used to assess the disease burden in a population? correct answer: Incidence and prevalence What is a measure of the number of new cases of a disease? Pre-existing cases of the disease are not counted. correct answer: Incidence What is the number of new cases of disease in a population over a specified time period? correct answer: Cumulative incidence What is the number of new cases of the disease during person-time of observation? Time i...

autonomy correct answer: •Free from external influence over independent decision-making. PH scenarios that defy autonomy: -Mandatory vaccination -Isolation - Separation of an infected person -Quarantine - Detention of healthy persons exposed to contagious disease 4th Amendment correct answer: Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures (not licensed businesses) -can have random inspections in PH, scope is lower Federalism correct answer: •Constitution establishes auth...

Public Health professionals have to learn to work effectively with the media. Public health is potentially appealing for the popular press because: 1. its stories have urgency, drama and novelty. 2. it is a source rich in detail, facts and figures. 3. scientists and journalists have a long history of mutual trust. 4. public information officers issue press releases. correct answer: its stories have urgency, drama and novelty in the design and implementation of public health data systems,...

The lengths of stay for six patients were 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, and 16 days. Which is (are) the best measure(s) to summarize these data? A) Mean B) Median C) Median and SD D) Mean and SD E) Median and Range correct answer: E) Median and Range An epidemiologist attempts to predict the weight of an elderly person from demispan. She randomly chooses 70 elderly subjects in a particular geographic area and records their weight and demispan measurements in the form of (x i , y i ) for i = 1...70. ...

Which of the following id a formula for point prevalence of a disease? correct answer: # of current cases / # of people in a population Which of the following models explains the relationship between socioeconomic status and health by illustrating that health status and social standing are linked to a combination of interrelated social, cultural, psychological, and environmental factors? A. Ecological B. Health belief C. Transtheoretical D. Social Influence correct answer: A Which...

descriptive statistics process of describing data. most often performed on a small subset of a population, known as a sample inferential statistics allows researchers to draw conclusions on the population-based on information collected from the sample. builds on descriptive statistics 1-sample Z-Test Testing whether sample mean is equal to a target value when "population variance is known" Independent variable: 1 known sample Dependent variable: 1 continuous variable Tested Val...

The epidemiological triangle (triad) describes the occurrence of disease as an interaction between what three factors? 1) Person, place and time 2) Host, agent and environment 3) Person, environment and immunity 4) Host, agent and exposure correct answer: (2) The epidemiological triad refers to the interactions between the host, agent, and the environment to produce disease, particularly communicable disease. Using this model, the host is typically a human, the agent is typically a bact...

Which is the most essential growing element for establishing turf? correct answer: Watering What is the primary function of the stem? correct answer: provide support for the leaves and stems What method of controlling weeds should only be used when all others methods fail? correct answer: herbicides Which environmental factor takes the most water from plants? correct answer: Temperature What methods are used to establish a lawn? correct answer: seeding, sodding, sprigging, and p...

A county public health department has prepared the annual operating budget for its childhood vaccination program. It forecasts that 90,000 children will be vaccinated, requiring a total of 48,000 hours of nursing labor at an average cost of $25 per hour and 100,000 doses of vaccination at an average cost of $1.50 per dose. Fixed costs of the vaccination program, such as administration and overhead, are estimated at $50,000. Which of the following calculations is most appropriate to obtain the fo...

Many people do not attempt to decrease unhealthy behaviors such as overeating or smoking because they lack the confidence that they can successfully change. This is an example of: (A) Perceived susceptibility (B) Perceived severity (C) Perceived self-efficacy (D) Perceived response efficacy correct answer: C The construct of normative beliefs is from which model/theory? (A) Transtheoretical model (B) Theory of reasoned action/planned behavior (C) Social cognitive theory (D) Social...