Community Health Nursing in Canada- Chapter Eight; Epidemiological Applications Questions with Correct Answers 2024

Epidemiology - Correct Answer The pattern of health events in populations and the determinants or the factors that influence those patterns Descriptive Epidemiology - Correct Answer Viewing health outcomes in a what, where, when, and who perspective Analytical Epidemiology - Correct Answer Looks at the etiology of the disease and deals with the determinants of health and disease First Person to use ideas of Epidemiology - Correct Answer Hippocrates Florence Nightingale's contribution to Epidemiology - Correct Answer Able to prove that improving environmental conditions and additional nursing care decreased the mortality rate of soldiers Leading Cause of Death in Canada in 2006 - Correct Answer Cancer Important Health Determinants in relation to Epidemiology - Correct Answer Socioeconomic status, gender, income, education, employment, and working conditions Epidemiological Triangle - Correct Answer Agent, host, and environment Agent - Correct Answer A factor that must be present or lacking for a disease or condition to develop Host - Correct Answer A living species capable of being infected or affected by an agent Environment - Correct Answer All that is internal or external to a given host or agent and that is influenced by and influence the host and agent Primary Prevention - Correct Answer Interventions to prevent the occurrence of disease, injury or disability; includes environmental and specific protection Secondary Prevention - Correct Answer Interventions designed to increase the probability of an early diagnosis so that treatment is likely to result in cure Tertiary Prevention - Correct Answer Interventions aimed at minimizing disability and rehabilitation