Golden points to remember – social
medicine and community health
Father of medicine/first true epidemiologist – Hippocrates
Father of public health – cholera
First medicine to socialize medicine completely – Russia
Human development index (HDI) comprises – knowledge (literacy and
mean years of schooling), income and longevity (life expectancy at birth)
Life expectancy is a – positive mortality indicator
“epidemiological triad” comprises of – agent, host and environment
Extermination of organism is – eradication
Action taken prior to onset of disease – primary prevention
Early diagnosis and treatment are – secondary prevention
ICD-10 classification is for –diseases
Prevalence is a – proportion (total = new + old cases)
Total number of deaths/ total no of cases is – case fatality rate
Observed deaths/ expected deaths is – standard mortality ratio
Prevalence/duration – incidence
Cohort study is – forward looking prospective study
Framingham heart study is a – cohort study
Heart of control trial is – randomization
Occurrence of disease clearly in excess of normal expectancy – epidemic
Disease imported in a country where it doesn’t occur – exotic
Iatrogenic disease is – physician-induced
First case to come to notice of investigator – index case
Pseudo-carriers are – carriers of avirulent organisms
Gap between primary case and secondary case is – serial interval
Yellow fever/BCG/measles are – live vaccines
First vaccine to be discovered – smallpox vaccine (Edward jenner)
Quarantine is for – healthy contacts
Most effective sterilizing agent – autoclaving (steam under pressure)
Advantage gained by screening – lead time
Sensitivity identifies – true positives
Smallpox was declared eradicated on – 8 may, 1980
Rash in chickenpox is – pleomorphic and dew-drop like
Koplik spots are diagnostic of – measles (upper 2nd molar)
medicine and community health
Father of medicine/first true epidemiologist – Hippocrates
Father of public health – cholera
First medicine to socialize medicine completely – Russia
Human development index (HDI) comprises – knowledge (literacy and
mean years of schooling), income and longevity (life expectancy at birth)
Life expectancy is a – positive mortality indicator
“epidemiological triad” comprises of – agent, host and environment
Extermination of organism is – eradication
Action taken prior to onset of disease – primary prevention
Early diagnosis and treatment are – secondary prevention
ICD-10 classification is for –diseases
Prevalence is a – proportion (total = new + old cases)
Total number of deaths/ total no of cases is – case fatality rate
Observed deaths/ expected deaths is – standard mortality ratio
Prevalence/duration – incidence
Cohort study is – forward looking prospective study
Framingham heart study is a – cohort study
Heart of control trial is – randomization
Occurrence of disease clearly in excess of normal expectancy – epidemic
Disease imported in a country where it doesn’t occur – exotic
Iatrogenic disease is – physician-induced
First case to come to notice of investigator – index case
Pseudo-carriers are – carriers of avirulent organisms
Gap between primary case and secondary case is – serial interval
Yellow fever/BCG/measles are – live vaccines
First vaccine to be discovered – smallpox vaccine (Edward jenner)
Quarantine is for – healthy contacts
Most effective sterilizing agent – autoclaving (steam under pressure)
Advantage gained by screening – lead time
Sensitivity identifies – true positives
Smallpox was declared eradicated on – 8 may, 1980
Rash in chickenpox is – pleomorphic and dew-drop like
Koplik spots are diagnostic of – measles (upper 2nd molar)
