NR 503 Population Health, Epidemiology & Statistical Principles

NR 503 Population Health, Epidemiology & Statistical Principles

Midterm Exam – Chamberlain
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1. The science of public health; concerned with the study of factors determin-
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ing and influencing the frequency and distribution of disease, injury, and other hea
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lth-related events and their causes.b b b b




Answer> Epidemiology b




2. Focuses on risk, data, demographics and outcomes for large groups; focus of car
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e at aggregate and community levels and examination of environmental, occupati
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onal, cultural, and socioeconomic dimensions of health
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Answer> Population Health b b




3. An end result that follows some kind of healthcare provision, treatment, or in
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tervention and may describe a patient's condition or health status; out-
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b comes measurement refers to collecting and analyzing data using prede-
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b termined outcomes indicators for the purposes of making decisions about healt
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hcare

,he organizing unit for care; can be defined by ethnicity, religion, geographical loc
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ation, age, occupation, shared diagnosis, shared risk factor; most common is the h
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igh-risk aggregate. b




Ex

Female doctors (all are female, all are doctors, all are both)
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Answer> Aggregate b




5. Composed of multiple aggregates b b b




Answer> Community b




6. Compiled information b




Answer> Data b




7. Measures the existence of all current cases within a time frame
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Answer> Prevalence (Think b b




Prev-A-lence = ALL or (P)resence) b b b b




8. Measures the appearance of new cases Th b b b b b b




ink What is "in" is "new"
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Answer> Incidence b




9. Is the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis,
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interpretation, and dissemi-
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b nation of health data to help guide public health decision making and action.-
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, 11. The presence of disease/illness in a population or aggregate Mo
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rbidity = disease b b




The 2 primary measures are incidence and prevalence.
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Answer> Morbidity b




weekly updates of reportable diseases can be accessed electronically through the Mo
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rbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the CDC
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12. Related to the tracking of deaths within a population or aggregate
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Mortality = deaths b b




Answer> Mortality b




13. The process of altering susceptibility or reducing exposure to susceptible
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individuals and includes general health promotion and specific measures design
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ed to prevent disease prior to a person getting the disease; carried out during the st
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age of susceptibility.
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Examples

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Answer> Primary Prevention b b





14. Screening and diagnosis of disease.The early detection and prompt treat-
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b ment of disease at the earliest possible stage; goals are to either identify and cure
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