Epidemiology: Decoding The Science Of Public Health

Epidemiology: Decoding The Science Of Public Health

Epidemiology involves studying infectious communicable disease, not events like injury, obesity, mental health disorders, and seat belt use.
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1.6 points

Question 2

The Framingham study was a:
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Retrospective cohort study.

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b.

Case-control study.

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c.

Cross-sectional study.

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d.

Prospective cohort study.

1.7 points

Question 3

Epidemiology includes the study of:
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Human behavior

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b.

Accidents

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c.

Disease

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d.

All of the above

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e.

None of the above

1.7 points

Question 4

The definition of epidemiology involves all of the following EXCEPT:
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a.

Identification of determinants

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b.

Measuring the distribution of disease

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c.

Individuals

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d.

Application

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e.

The definition includes all of the above

1.7 points

Question 5

Who evaluated the Bills of Mortality?
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a.

William Farr

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b.

John Graunt

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c.

Hippocrates

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d.

George Soper

1.7 points

Question 6

Who helped to establish the germ theory of disease?
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a.

James Lind

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b.

John Snow

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c.

Louis Pasteur

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d.

Florence Nightingale

1.7 points

Question 7

Who showed that poor diet could result in scurvy?
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a.

James Lind

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b.

John Snow

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c.

Louis Pasteur

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d.

Florence Nightingale

1.7 points

Question 8

The web of causation includes host and environmental determinants.
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1.6 points

Question 9

A cause of disease is an event, condition, or characteristic that preceded the disease and without which the disease would either not have occurred or would have occurred later.
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1.6 points

Question 10

Which sequence below represents the chronological evolution of disease causation approaches in epidemiology (from oldest to newest)?
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Web of causation -> Germ theory -> Body humor imbalance-> Ecosocial framework

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Germ theory -> Body humor imbalance -> Ecosocial framework -> Web of causation

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c.

Body humor imbalance -> Germ theory -> Web of causation -> Ecosocial framework

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d.

Body humor imbalance -> Web of causation -> Ecosocial framework -> Germ theory