NR 503 Epidemiology statistics midterm
exam Chamberlain
How does social justice and health inequities influence population health careprovision? Why is this
critical information for the provision of evidence-based care?
Social inequalities increase health disparities
What is the Campaign for Action?
established as a movement to utilize medical professionals, specifically nurses, within an
interdisciplinary network to increase overall satisfaction with their medical care
Vital Statistics
provide important outcomes measures that APRNs can monitor and compare over time and analyze
by demographic variables to detect such things as health disparities
The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of data concerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness,
and death.
Morbidity
The presence of disease/illness in a population or aggregate
Morality
Related to the tracking of deaths within a population or aggregate
Social Justice
the defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are met and that essential
human rights are protected for all people
Epidemiology
The study of wide spread disease among populations.
The study of disease distribution within populations and risk factors that affect increases or decreases
in distribution
Population Health
Focuses on risk, data, demographics and outcomes
Incidence
Measure the appearance of new cases
Prevalence
Measures the existence of all current cases within a time frame
Outcomes
The end result that follows an intervention
Healthy People 2020
, serves as a blueprint or road map for the United States to achieve health promotion and disease
prevention objectives that are designed to improve the health of all Americans.
Determinants of Health
areas that APRNs can also use to inform and guide their practice to develop socioculturally
appropriate interventions. ex. poverty, education level, racism, income, and poor housing
Risk Analysis
evaluates the potential for adverse effects from exposures (ID the hazard), identifying or setting a safe
guideline for each route of exposure, identifying exposure points and estimate exposure levels, and
predicting the adverse outcome from exposure to the chemical, pathogen, or physical condition
(characterize risk).Identify hazards.Assess the risks.Control the risks.Record your findings.Review the
controls.
Primary Interventions
Prevention of disease before it occurs.
Ex. healthy diet, immunizations, exercise, smoking cessation,
Secondary Interventions
Screening and diagnosis of disease
ex. Mammogram, colonoscopy, imaging
Purpose: helps APNs detect a disease once it is present and assist/facilitate the patient or population
to get care for the disease that has been detected
Tertiary Interventions
Consists of interventions aimed to facilitate the rehabilitation of the patients to the highest level of
functioning while addressing the risk factors that could further result in deterioration of the patients
health
ex. cardiac rehab programs, chronic disease management programs, pharmaceutical therapy
Aggregate
A group of persons who share one or more traits or characteristics without necessarily having had any
social connection. Ex. Female Doctors, coal miners
Community
composed of multiple aggregates
Data
Compiled information
Surveillance
the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data to guide
public health decision making and action.
equivalent to monitoring the pulse of the community
"information for action"
Purpose: to portray the ongoing patterns of disease occurrence and disease potential so that
investigation, control and prevention measures can be applied efficiently and effectively.
exam Chamberlain
How does social justice and health inequities influence population health careprovision? Why is this
critical information for the provision of evidence-based care?
Social inequalities increase health disparities
What is the Campaign for Action?
established as a movement to utilize medical professionals, specifically nurses, within an
interdisciplinary network to increase overall satisfaction with their medical care
Vital Statistics
provide important outcomes measures that APRNs can monitor and compare over time and analyze
by demographic variables to detect such things as health disparities
The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of data concerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness,
and death.
Morbidity
The presence of disease/illness in a population or aggregate
Morality
Related to the tracking of deaths within a population or aggregate
Social Justice
the defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are met and that essential
human rights are protected for all people
Epidemiology
The study of wide spread disease among populations.
The study of disease distribution within populations and risk factors that affect increases or decreases
in distribution
Population Health
Focuses on risk, data, demographics and outcomes
Incidence
Measure the appearance of new cases
Prevalence
Measures the existence of all current cases within a time frame
Outcomes
The end result that follows an intervention
Healthy People 2020
, serves as a blueprint or road map for the United States to achieve health promotion and disease
prevention objectives that are designed to improve the health of all Americans.
Determinants of Health
areas that APRNs can also use to inform and guide their practice to develop socioculturally
appropriate interventions. ex. poverty, education level, racism, income, and poor housing
Risk Analysis
evaluates the potential for adverse effects from exposures (ID the hazard), identifying or setting a safe
guideline for each route of exposure, identifying exposure points and estimate exposure levels, and
predicting the adverse outcome from exposure to the chemical, pathogen, or physical condition
(characterize risk).Identify hazards.Assess the risks.Control the risks.Record your findings.Review the
controls.
Primary Interventions
Prevention of disease before it occurs.
Ex. healthy diet, immunizations, exercise, smoking cessation,
Secondary Interventions
Screening and diagnosis of disease
ex. Mammogram, colonoscopy, imaging
Purpose: helps APNs detect a disease once it is present and assist/facilitate the patient or population
to get care for the disease that has been detected
Tertiary Interventions
Consists of interventions aimed to facilitate the rehabilitation of the patients to the highest level of
functioning while addressing the risk factors that could further result in deterioration of the patients
health
ex. cardiac rehab programs, chronic disease management programs, pharmaceutical therapy
Aggregate
A group of persons who share one or more traits or characteristics without necessarily having had any
social connection. Ex. Female Doctors, coal miners
Community
composed of multiple aggregates
Data
Compiled information
Surveillance
the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data to guide
public health decision making and action.
equivalent to monitoring the pulse of the community
"information for action"
Purpose: to portray the ongoing patterns of disease occurrence and disease potential so that
investigation, control and prevention measures can be applied efficiently and effectively.
