EPIDEMIOLOGY MIDTERM NR503 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ population health. Answer: focuses on risk, data, demographics,
and outcomes
◉ Outcomes. Answer: End result that follows an intervention
◉ Aggregate. Answer: defined population
◉ Community. Answer: Multiple aggregates
◉ Data. Answer: Compiled information
◉ Prevalence. Answer: Existence of a disease.
Number of all cases of the disease
◉ Incidence. Answer: Measures appearance of a disease over a
period of time.
,◉ Surveillance. Answer: Collection, analysis, and dissemination of
data.
◉ High-risk. Answer: An increased chance of poor health outcomes
◉ Morbidity. Answer: Presence of illness in a population
◉ Mortality. Answer: Tracking deaths in an aggregate
◉ Vital statistics. Answer: statistics on live births, deaths, fetal
deaths, marriages and divorces
◉ Cases. Answer: Criterion used to make decisions whether the
patient has a disease or health event
◉ Social Justice. Answer: The view that everyone deserves equal
economic, political and social rights and opportunities-including the
right to good health
◉ Inter-professional collaboration. Answer: Collaborative action
oriented toward a common goal of improving quality & safety of
patient care.
, Involves responsibility, accountability, coordination, communication,
cooperation, assertiveness, mutual respect, and autonomy.
◉ HP2020. Answer: 4 goals:
1) attain high-quality lives preventable disease
2) achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, improve health of all
groups
3) create social and physical environments that promote good
health.
4) promote quality of life, healthy development, and health
◉ Determinants of Care. Answer: Range of personal, social,
economic, and environmental factors that influence health status
◉ Risk Analysis. Answer: Characterization of the potential adverse
health effects of human exposures to environmental hazards
◉ health disparities. Answer: Differences of health statuses between
various populations.
◉ Sensitivity. Answer: Measures the proportion of actual positives
that are correctly identified as such (e.g., % of sick people who are
correctly identified as having the condition)
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ population health. Answer: focuses on risk, data, demographics,
and outcomes
◉ Outcomes. Answer: End result that follows an intervention
◉ Aggregate. Answer: defined population
◉ Community. Answer: Multiple aggregates
◉ Data. Answer: Compiled information
◉ Prevalence. Answer: Existence of a disease.
Number of all cases of the disease
◉ Incidence. Answer: Measures appearance of a disease over a
period of time.
,◉ Surveillance. Answer: Collection, analysis, and dissemination of
data.
◉ High-risk. Answer: An increased chance of poor health outcomes
◉ Morbidity. Answer: Presence of illness in a population
◉ Mortality. Answer: Tracking deaths in an aggregate
◉ Vital statistics. Answer: statistics on live births, deaths, fetal
deaths, marriages and divorces
◉ Cases. Answer: Criterion used to make decisions whether the
patient has a disease or health event
◉ Social Justice. Answer: The view that everyone deserves equal
economic, political and social rights and opportunities-including the
right to good health
◉ Inter-professional collaboration. Answer: Collaborative action
oriented toward a common goal of improving quality & safety of
patient care.
, Involves responsibility, accountability, coordination, communication,
cooperation, assertiveness, mutual respect, and autonomy.
◉ HP2020. Answer: 4 goals:
1) attain high-quality lives preventable disease
2) achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, improve health of all
groups
3) create social and physical environments that promote good
health.
4) promote quality of life, healthy development, and health
◉ Determinants of Care. Answer: Range of personal, social,
economic, and environmental factors that influence health status
◉ Risk Analysis. Answer: Characterization of the potential adverse
health effects of human exposures to environmental hazards
◉ health disparities. Answer: Differences of health statuses between
various populations.
◉ Sensitivity. Answer: Measures the proportion of actual positives
that are correctly identified as such (e.g., % of sick people who are
correctly identified as having the condition)
