HTH-4503 Human Disease & Epidemiology Exam 1 Study Guide
Which of the following would be of interest to a public health scientist?
A city's average smog level
What factors should be considered in measuring long-term changes in disease frequency over time?
All of the above: Changes in diagnostic criteria, changes in age distribution, and changes in the fatal course of the condition
The uses of epidemiology include
All of the above: Search for determinants (cause of disease), estimation of individual risks and chances of contracting disease, and evaluation of health services
Public health has its foundations in
Epidemiology, biostatistics, and health services
Tertiary prevention strategies aim to
Reduce ongoing effects of the disease
Cyclic variations in the occurrence of pneumonia and influenza mortality may reflect:
Seasonal variations in cases of influenza
Indicate the level of prevention: Screening for breast cancer
Secondary prevention
Which of the following is an intervention that occurs before symptoms of a disease appear, but after some risk factors are present?
Secondary prevention
An example of a modifiable risk factor is
Smoking status
Indicate the level of prevention: Half-way houses for persons recovering from addiction
Tertiary prevention
Which of the following is not usually an aim of epidemiology?
To fund new public health programs
Behavior can be both a risk factor and outcome variable
True
The stage of pre-symptomatic disease follows the stage of susceptibility
True
John Snow, in Snow on Cholera
Was an early epidemiologist who used natural experiments. Argued that the environment was associated with diseases such as malaria