WGU TASK 1 C228 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
holistic approach means - ✔✔thinking about the big picture. ... In a medical setting, holistic refers to
addressing the whole person, including their physical, mental, and emotional health, while taking social
factors into consideration
Epidemiology - ✔✔is the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events
within a specified population,1 its purpose being to inform decisions about the control of health
problems. ... Difficulties arise when clinicians try to use epidemiological data to guide clinical decisions.
community - ✔✔is a locality-based entity composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting
society's institutions, informal groups, and aggregates.
aggregate - ✔✔is a collection of individuals who have in common one or more personal or
environmental characteristics.
the components of community are interdependent, what is function? - ✔✔is to meet a wide variety of
collective needs, this definition of community includes personal, geographic, and functional dimensions
and recognizes interaction among the systems withing a community.
Epidemiology - ✔✔It is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why, and
is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in
whom disease has already developed.[1] Epidemiology is often described as the basic science of public
health.[2]
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in
specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems
Study - ✔✔a scientific discipline with sound methods of scientific inquiry at its foundation. Various
methods can be used to carry out epidemiological investigations: surveillance and descriptive studies can
be used to study distribution; analytical studies are used to study determinants.
Distribution - ✔✔the frequency (number of health events in a population and it's relationship of that
number to the size of the population - prevalence) and pattern (the occurrence of health-related events
by time, place, and person - incidence) of health events in a population.
ANSWERS
holistic approach means - ✔✔thinking about the big picture. ... In a medical setting, holistic refers to
addressing the whole person, including their physical, mental, and emotional health, while taking social
factors into consideration
Epidemiology - ✔✔is the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events
within a specified population,1 its purpose being to inform decisions about the control of health
problems. ... Difficulties arise when clinicians try to use epidemiological data to guide clinical decisions.
community - ✔✔is a locality-based entity composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting
society's institutions, informal groups, and aggregates.
aggregate - ✔✔is a collection of individuals who have in common one or more personal or
environmental characteristics.
the components of community are interdependent, what is function? - ✔✔is to meet a wide variety of
collective needs, this definition of community includes personal, geographic, and functional dimensions
and recognizes interaction among the systems withing a community.
Epidemiology - ✔✔It is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why, and
is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in
whom disease has already developed.[1] Epidemiology is often described as the basic science of public
health.[2]
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in
specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems
Study - ✔✔a scientific discipline with sound methods of scientific inquiry at its foundation. Various
methods can be used to carry out epidemiological investigations: surveillance and descriptive studies can
be used to study distribution; analytical studies are used to study determinants.
Distribution - ✔✔the frequency (number of health events in a population and it's relationship of that
number to the size of the population - prevalence) and pattern (the occurrence of health-related events
by time, place, and person - incidence) of health events in a population.
