C HAPTER 11: E PIDEMIOLOGY
Community Health Nursing A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition Stamler
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What term refers to "the study of the occurrence and distribution of health -
related states or events in specified populations"?
a. Nosology
b. Epidemiology
c. Susceptibility
d. Biologic plausibility
Correct Answer: b (page 202)
2. Who is believed to be the first person to notice and record the relationship
between the environment and health
a. Labonte
b. Nightingale
c. Epp
d. Hippocrates
Correct Answer: d (page 203)
3. A nurse is working with the school-aged population during the prepathogenesis
period. What primary prevention activity would promote the health of this
population?
a. Case finding children who may have been exposed to a teacher with
hepatitis A
, b. Teaching handwashing and respiratory hygiene
c. Providing antimicrobials for newly diagnosed contacts
d. Advocating for testing of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) at a
school- based clinic
Correct Answer: b (page 205)
4. A nurse is working with a student nurse and explains that 12% of deaths were
from colorectal cancer in 2010. What word is used to describe this type of
statistical information?
a. Crude mortality
b. Relative risk
c. Prevalence
d. Proportional mortality
Correct Answer: d (page 210)
5. What statistic is used to answer the question, "How likely is it that I will die
from this disease?"
a. Case-fatality rate
b. Specific mortality rate
c. Relative risk
d. Incidence
Correct Answer: a (page 210)
6. A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN is comparing the incidence of
childhood asthma in a population exposed to a certain air pollutant with the
incidence in a population not exposed to that pollutant to determine relative risk.
, The PHN asks the student to select the statistic, which supports that the risk for
asthma is greater in the exposed population. What is the correct answer?
a. <1.0
b. 0.05
c. 1.0
d. >1.0
Correct Answer: d (page 211)
7. A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN asks the nursing student to
develop some questions for a survey about smoking behaviour. Which question
would be best at eliciting information on period prevalence?
a. “Do you currently smoke?”
b. “Have you smoked within the last six months?”
c. “Have you ever smoked?”
d. “At what age did you start smoking?”
Correct Answer: b (page 211)
8. A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The nursing student wants to
administer a survey about smoking behaviours to students in various grade levels
within the school district to identify the best grade to initiate health education. A
follow-up survey will be administered to assess the effectiveness of the
educational program. What type of research design would be best at providing
the epidemiological information needed in this scenario?
a. Cross-sectional study
b. Cohort design
c. Randomized control trial
d. Case-control methodology
, Correct Answer: a (page 212)
9. A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN asks the nursing student how
participant privacy will be managed in the study. What strategy presented by the
student would be best at meeting this ethical concern?
a. Data will be used in a confidential manner
b. The survey will be anonymous
c. The participants will sign a consent form
d. Ethics approval will be sought
Correct Answer: b (page 214)
10. A nurse in a large urban centre is working to provide prophylactic agents to
exposed vulnerable hosts. What action is the best example of this goal?
a. Providing varicella-zoster immune globin (VZIG) to appropriate children
after a classmate is diagnosed with chickenpox
b. Administering human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to girls in grade 6
c. Routinely immunizing 1-year-old children for measles, mumps, and
rubella
d. Tuberculosis (TB) testing exposed students at a high school after a student
is diagnosed with TB
Correct Answer: a (page 205)
11. The public health nurses (PHNs) are busy responding to seasonal influenza in a
community of approximately 75 000 people. An assisted living facility has an
increased number of influenza cases among the residents. A nurse is doing a n
Community Health Nursing A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition Stamler
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What term refers to "the study of the occurrence and distribution of health -
related states or events in specified populations"?
a. Nosology
b. Epidemiology
c. Susceptibility
d. Biologic plausibility
Correct Answer: b (page 202)
2. Who is believed to be the first person to notice and record the relationship
between the environment and health
a. Labonte
b. Nightingale
c. Epp
d. Hippocrates
Correct Answer: d (page 203)
3. A nurse is working with the school-aged population during the prepathogenesis
period. What primary prevention activity would promote the health of this
population?
a. Case finding children who may have been exposed to a teacher with
hepatitis A
, b. Teaching handwashing and respiratory hygiene
c. Providing antimicrobials for newly diagnosed contacts
d. Advocating for testing of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) at a
school- based clinic
Correct Answer: b (page 205)
4. A nurse is working with a student nurse and explains that 12% of deaths were
from colorectal cancer in 2010. What word is used to describe this type of
statistical information?
a. Crude mortality
b. Relative risk
c. Prevalence
d. Proportional mortality
Correct Answer: d (page 210)
5. What statistic is used to answer the question, "How likely is it that I will die
from this disease?"
a. Case-fatality rate
b. Specific mortality rate
c. Relative risk
d. Incidence
Correct Answer: a (page 210)
6. A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN is comparing the incidence of
childhood asthma in a population exposed to a certain air pollutant with the
incidence in a population not exposed to that pollutant to determine relative risk.
, The PHN asks the student to select the statistic, which supports that the risk for
asthma is greater in the exposed population. What is the correct answer?
a. <1.0
b. 0.05
c. 1.0
d. >1.0
Correct Answer: d (page 211)
7. A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN asks the nursing student to
develop some questions for a survey about smoking behaviour. Which question
would be best at eliciting information on period prevalence?
a. “Do you currently smoke?”
b. “Have you smoked within the last six months?”
c. “Have you ever smoked?”
d. “At what age did you start smoking?”
Correct Answer: b (page 211)
8. A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The nursing student wants to
administer a survey about smoking behaviours to students in various grade levels
within the school district to identify the best grade to initiate health education. A
follow-up survey will be administered to assess the effectiveness of the
educational program. What type of research design would be best at providing
the epidemiological information needed in this scenario?
a. Cross-sectional study
b. Cohort design
c. Randomized control trial
d. Case-control methodology
, Correct Answer: a (page 212)
9. A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN asks the nursing student how
participant privacy will be managed in the study. What strategy presented by the
student would be best at meeting this ethical concern?
a. Data will be used in a confidential manner
b. The survey will be anonymous
c. The participants will sign a consent form
d. Ethics approval will be sought
Correct Answer: b (page 214)
10. A nurse in a large urban centre is working to provide prophylactic agents to
exposed vulnerable hosts. What action is the best example of this goal?
a. Providing varicella-zoster immune globin (VZIG) to appropriate children
after a classmate is diagnosed with chickenpox
b. Administering human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to girls in grade 6
c. Routinely immunizing 1-year-old children for measles, mumps, and
rubella
d. Tuberculosis (TB) testing exposed students at a high school after a student
is diagnosed with TB
Correct Answer: a (page 205)
11. The public health nurses (PHNs) are busy responding to seasonal influenza in a
community of approximately 75 000 people. An assisted living facility has an
increased number of influenza cases among the residents. A nurse is doing a n
