NR503 EPIDEMIOLOGY MIDTERM 2026
EXAMPREP MASTER REVISION RESOURCE
◉ Population Health. Answer: focuses on risk, data, demographics,
and outcomes.
◉ Outcomes. Answer: is the end result that follows an intervention
◉ aggregate. Answer: is a defined population.
◉ community. Answer: is composed of multiple aggregates
◉ data. Answer: is complied information
◉ Prevalence. Answer: measures the existence of a disease.
Measures the number of all cases of a disease or attribute in a
population at a given time
◉ Incidence. Answer: measures the appearance of a disease.
Measures the occurrence of new events in a population over a
period of time.
,◉ surveillance. Answer: is the collection, analysis, and dissemination
of data.
◉ high-risk. Answer: is an increased chance of poor health outcome.
◉ Morbidity. Answer: is the presence of illness in a population
◉ mortality. Answer: is related to the tracking deaths in an
aggregate
◉ vital statistics. Answer: statistics on live births, deaths, fetal
deaths, marriages and divorces.
◉ cases. Answer: set of criteria used in making a decision as to
whether an individual has a disease or health event of interest
◉ Social Justice. Answer: the view that everyone deserves equal
rights and opportunities —this includes the right to good health
◉ Inter-professional collaboration. Answer: The idea of sharing and
implies collective action oriented toward a common goal, in this
case, improving the quality and safety of patient care. It involves
responsibility, accountability, coordination, communication,
cooperation, assertiveness, mutual respect, and autonomy.
, ◉ Healthy People 2020. Answer: aims to reach four overarching
goals: 1.Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death, 2. Achieve health equity,
eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups 3.Create
social and physical environments that promote good health for all. 4.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors
across all life stages.
◉ Determinants of care/health. Answer: The range of personal,
social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health
status are known ...
◉ risk analysis. Answer: the characterization of the potential
adverse health effects of human exposures to environmental hazards
◉ health disparities. Answer: the difference in health statuses
between various groups (populations).
◉ Sensitivity. Answer: measures the proportion of actual positives
that are correctly identified as such (e.g., the percentage of sick
people who are correctly identified as having the condition)
◉ Specificity. Answer: (also called the true negative rate) measures
the proportion of actual negatives that are correctly identified as
EXAMPREP MASTER REVISION RESOURCE
◉ Population Health. Answer: focuses on risk, data, demographics,
and outcomes.
◉ Outcomes. Answer: is the end result that follows an intervention
◉ aggregate. Answer: is a defined population.
◉ community. Answer: is composed of multiple aggregates
◉ data. Answer: is complied information
◉ Prevalence. Answer: measures the existence of a disease.
Measures the number of all cases of a disease or attribute in a
population at a given time
◉ Incidence. Answer: measures the appearance of a disease.
Measures the occurrence of new events in a population over a
period of time.
,◉ surveillance. Answer: is the collection, analysis, and dissemination
of data.
◉ high-risk. Answer: is an increased chance of poor health outcome.
◉ Morbidity. Answer: is the presence of illness in a population
◉ mortality. Answer: is related to the tracking deaths in an
aggregate
◉ vital statistics. Answer: statistics on live births, deaths, fetal
deaths, marriages and divorces.
◉ cases. Answer: set of criteria used in making a decision as to
whether an individual has a disease or health event of interest
◉ Social Justice. Answer: the view that everyone deserves equal
rights and opportunities —this includes the right to good health
◉ Inter-professional collaboration. Answer: The idea of sharing and
implies collective action oriented toward a common goal, in this
case, improving the quality and safety of patient care. It involves
responsibility, accountability, coordination, communication,
cooperation, assertiveness, mutual respect, and autonomy.
, ◉ Healthy People 2020. Answer: aims to reach four overarching
goals: 1.Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death, 2. Achieve health equity,
eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups 3.Create
social and physical environments that promote good health for all. 4.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors
across all life stages.
◉ Determinants of care/health. Answer: The range of personal,
social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health
status are known ...
◉ risk analysis. Answer: the characterization of the potential
adverse health effects of human exposures to environmental hazards
◉ health disparities. Answer: the difference in health statuses
between various groups (populations).
◉ Sensitivity. Answer: measures the proportion of actual positives
that are correctly identified as such (e.g., the percentage of sick
people who are correctly identified as having the condition)
◉ Specificity. Answer: (also called the true negative rate) measures
the proportion of actual negatives that are correctly identified as
