NSG 522 ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE
COMPREHENSIVE TEST QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION
VERIFIED PASS
●● What are the core Epidemiological Functions?
Answer: Surveillance
Field Investigations
Analytic Studies
Evaluation
Linkages
Policy
●● What type of science is Epidemiology?
Answer: Quantitative
●● What does measurement focus on in Epidemiology?
Answer: Distribution and Determinants of health-related states and
events
●● What can be said about the nature of epidemiology?
,Answer: Epidemiology is a story about health related states and events
supported by data.
●● 5 W's of Epidemiology?
Answer: What
When
Where
Who
Why
●● What are the two components of Epidemiology?
Answer: Analytic and Descriptive
●● Descriptive Epidemiology Describes which elements?
Answer: WHEN, WHERE, WHO
Time, Place, Person
●● Which elements does Descriptive Epidemiology study?
Answer: The DISTRIBUTION, FREQUENCY, and PATTERN of health
related states and events
●● Analytic Epidemiology describes which elements?
Answer: WHY AND HOW
,●● Analytic Epidemiology studies the?
Answer: Determinants of health-related events. The WHY, the Causes
●● What are the four general categories to Determinants of Health?
Answer: Biological, Environmental, Social, Health Behaviors
●● What makes up the social determinants of health?
Answer: Economic Stability, Neighborhood/Built Environment,
Health/Health Care, Social/Community Context, Education
●● What are examples of Health Behaviors?
Answer: Nutrition, Physical Activity, Rest/Relaxation, Tobacco Use,
Alcohol use, Illicit substance use, immunizations.
●● Describe Multi-causality
Answer: Etiology of all diseases is multifactoral.
●● What is the 'Causal Pie' Model made up of?
Answer: Causative agent or event, characteristics of the person,
characteristics of the environment, presence of preventative factors,
action of catalysts or additive factors, mediating and moderating factors,
interaction between the factors.
, ●● What does the Bradford Hill Criteria for Causation tell us?
Answer: Several criteria are listed that help us determine if causal
association is reasonable.
●● What does the Bradford Hill Criteria for causation not tell us?
Answer: Statistical or clinical significance.
●● Occurrence of disease can be understood using which 3 models?
Answer: Epidemiological Triad or Triangle, BEINGS Model, Web of
causation.
●● What three aspects make up the Epidemiological Triad/Triangle?
Answer: Agent, Host, Environment
●● acronmyn BEINGS Model of Disease Causation, what does it mean?
Answer: Biological, Behavioral
Environmental
Immunological
Nutritional
Genetic
Services, Social, Spiritual
COMPREHENSIVE TEST QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION
VERIFIED PASS
●● What are the core Epidemiological Functions?
Answer: Surveillance
Field Investigations
Analytic Studies
Evaluation
Linkages
Policy
●● What type of science is Epidemiology?
Answer: Quantitative
●● What does measurement focus on in Epidemiology?
Answer: Distribution and Determinants of health-related states and
events
●● What can be said about the nature of epidemiology?
,Answer: Epidemiology is a story about health related states and events
supported by data.
●● 5 W's of Epidemiology?
Answer: What
When
Where
Who
Why
●● What are the two components of Epidemiology?
Answer: Analytic and Descriptive
●● Descriptive Epidemiology Describes which elements?
Answer: WHEN, WHERE, WHO
Time, Place, Person
●● Which elements does Descriptive Epidemiology study?
Answer: The DISTRIBUTION, FREQUENCY, and PATTERN of health
related states and events
●● Analytic Epidemiology describes which elements?
Answer: WHY AND HOW
,●● Analytic Epidemiology studies the?
Answer: Determinants of health-related events. The WHY, the Causes
●● What are the four general categories to Determinants of Health?
Answer: Biological, Environmental, Social, Health Behaviors
●● What makes up the social determinants of health?
Answer: Economic Stability, Neighborhood/Built Environment,
Health/Health Care, Social/Community Context, Education
●● What are examples of Health Behaviors?
Answer: Nutrition, Physical Activity, Rest/Relaxation, Tobacco Use,
Alcohol use, Illicit substance use, immunizations.
●● Describe Multi-causality
Answer: Etiology of all diseases is multifactoral.
●● What is the 'Causal Pie' Model made up of?
Answer: Causative agent or event, characteristics of the person,
characteristics of the environment, presence of preventative factors,
action of catalysts or additive factors, mediating and moderating factors,
interaction between the factors.
, ●● What does the Bradford Hill Criteria for Causation tell us?
Answer: Several criteria are listed that help us determine if causal
association is reasonable.
●● What does the Bradford Hill Criteria for causation not tell us?
Answer: Statistical or clinical significance.
●● Occurrence of disease can be understood using which 3 models?
Answer: Epidemiological Triad or Triangle, BEINGS Model, Web of
causation.
●● What three aspects make up the Epidemiological Triad/Triangle?
Answer: Agent, Host, Environment
●● acronmyn BEINGS Model of Disease Causation, what does it mean?
Answer: Biological, Behavioral
Environmental
Immunological
Nutritional
Genetic
Services, Social, Spiritual
