COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
While reading the health section in the local newspaper,a dental hygienist learns that
public health officials are predicting a serious and potentially deadly new flu virus for
the fall-winter season in North America. Which of the following terms best describes
the flu situation as predicted in the newspaper article?
a)
Cluster
b)
Endemic
c)
Epidemic
d)
Rate
e)
Prevalence - ANSWER-epidemic
The newspaper article further emphasizes that the population at risk include young
children and the elderly. Which of the following uses of epidemiologic information
does this observation reflect?
a)
Collecting data to describe normal biologic processes
b)
Identifying risk factors and determinants of disease
c)
Understanding the natural history of disease
d)
Evaluating risk among population groups
e)
Evaluating intervention and prevention strategies - ANSWER-evaluating risk among
population groups
The prediction of an increase in flu cases results in additional news reports and
articles about the decrease in the availability of flu vaccines. To address the limited
amount of vaccines available, guidelines are distrbuted identifying which segments
of the population will recieve priority to obtain the vaccine. The priorities focus on
children, the elderly, and those with certain disease conditions. Which of the
following host risk factors are being considered in the prioritization process?
a)
Immunity to disease or natural resistance
b)
Age
c)
Dietary practices and nutritional deficiency
, d)
A and B
e)
A, B, and C - ANSWER-a and b
As part of a research methods course, a dental hygiene student, following
appropriate research protocol, decides to monitor all allied health science students
on campus to determine how many students become ill with the flu during the three
months of the fall term. This best describes which of the following principles of
research?
a)
Count
b)
Incidence
c)
Prevalence
d)
Proportion
e)
Rate - ANSWER-incidence
To conduct the survey, the dental hygiene student obtains the university's email
listserv containing all 550 students enrolled in the various health science programs.
She then assigns a number to each student on the list consecutively and uses a
table of random numbers to select 150 participants. This type of sampling technique
is best described as a
a)
Convenience sample
b)
Nonrandomized sample
c)
Population sample
d)
Random sample
e)
Research sample - ANSWER-convenience sample
The task force determines that a similar program for migrant children was conducted
in a neighboring state. A report was generated indicating the dental caries rates for
the migrant children treated in the program. The caries rates for the children were
most likely reported using which of the following indices:
a)
CI-S
b)
DMFT
c)
DF
d)
deft
e)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
While reading the health section in the local newspaper,a dental hygienist learns that
public health officials are predicting a serious and potentially deadly new flu virus for
the fall-winter season in North America. Which of the following terms best describes
the flu situation as predicted in the newspaper article?
a)
Cluster
b)
Endemic
c)
Epidemic
d)
Rate
e)
Prevalence - ANSWER-epidemic
The newspaper article further emphasizes that the population at risk include young
children and the elderly. Which of the following uses of epidemiologic information
does this observation reflect?
a)
Collecting data to describe normal biologic processes
b)
Identifying risk factors and determinants of disease
c)
Understanding the natural history of disease
d)
Evaluating risk among population groups
e)
Evaluating intervention and prevention strategies - ANSWER-evaluating risk among
population groups
The prediction of an increase in flu cases results in additional news reports and
articles about the decrease in the availability of flu vaccines. To address the limited
amount of vaccines available, guidelines are distrbuted identifying which segments
of the population will recieve priority to obtain the vaccine. The priorities focus on
children, the elderly, and those with certain disease conditions. Which of the
following host risk factors are being considered in the prioritization process?
a)
Immunity to disease or natural resistance
b)
Age
c)
Dietary practices and nutritional deficiency
, d)
A and B
e)
A, B, and C - ANSWER-a and b
As part of a research methods course, a dental hygiene student, following
appropriate research protocol, decides to monitor all allied health science students
on campus to determine how many students become ill with the flu during the three
months of the fall term. This best describes which of the following principles of
research?
a)
Count
b)
Incidence
c)
Prevalence
d)
Proportion
e)
Rate - ANSWER-incidence
To conduct the survey, the dental hygiene student obtains the university's email
listserv containing all 550 students enrolled in the various health science programs.
She then assigns a number to each student on the list consecutively and uses a
table of random numbers to select 150 participants. This type of sampling technique
is best described as a
a)
Convenience sample
b)
Nonrandomized sample
c)
Population sample
d)
Random sample
e)
Research sample - ANSWER-convenience sample
The task force determines that a similar program for migrant children was conducted
in a neighboring state. A report was generated indicating the dental caries rates for
the migrant children treated in the program. The caries rates for the children were
most likely reported using which of the following indices:
a)
CI-S
b)
DMFT
c)
DF
d)
deft
e)
