HSC 404 Mid-term Exam Questions and Correct Answers 2024, With Complete Solution.

HSC 404 Mid-term Exam Questions and Correct
Answers 2024, With Complete Solution.
What is clinical approach (as opposed to an epidemiological approach)?
Description of specific signs and symptoms in a patient
John Snow, author of Snow on Cholera....
was an early epidemiologist who used natural experiments.
What are the aims of epidemiology (5)?
-To describe the health status of the population
-To explain the etiology of disease
-To predict the occurrence of disease
-To control the distribution of disease
TRUE OR FALSE
In current thinking, the term "epidemic" is used only to describe outbreaks of
infectious disease.
False
TRUE OR FALSE
The study of diseases linked to harmful physical energy, such as ionizing
radiation, would be outside the scope of epidemiology.
False
TRUE OR FALSE
John Snow is credited with developing the smallpox vaccination.
False
TRUE OR FALSE
The epidemiological and clinical descriptions of a disease are different.
True
TRUE OR FALSE
The 2009-2010 episode of influenza first identified in the United States and
eventually called 2009 H1N1 influenza was classified as a pandemic by WHO in
summer 2009.
True
TRUE OR FALSE
The Framingham Heart Study, begun in 1948, pioneered research into coronary
heart disease risk factors.
True
TRUE OR FALSE
Koch published "Die Aetiologie der Tuberkulose" in 1882, a breakthrough that led
to improved classification of disease by specific causal organisms.
True
An example of primary prevention active would be....
nutritional counseling for pregnant women
An example of primary prevention passive would be...
pasteurization of milk
An example of secondary prevention would be...