Epidemiology and Public Health Quiz
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What is the main focus of epidemiology?

  • Exploring the psychological impact of diseases
  • Focusing on individual medical treatment
  • Studying the history of diseases within populations
  • Identifying how diseases occur within people and how to prevent/control them (correct)

    • What is the foundation of public health?

  • Epidemiology (correct)
  • Pharmacology
  • Clinical medicine
  • Pathology

    • What does epidemiology help understand?

  • Who has the disease and why and how it was brought to the individual/region/population (correct)
  • The cultural significance of diseases
  • The economic impact of diseases
  • The impact of diseases on wildlife

    • With what is epidemiology associated?

    <p>Infectious diseases and outbreaks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main goal of public health?

    <p>Control and minimize diseases in populations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'pathogen' refer to?

    <p>An infectious microorganism that causes disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who or what is considered the 'host' in the context of diseases?

    <p>The human or animal that can get the disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are examples of risk factors intrinsic to the host?

    <p>Genetics and characteristics passed down by family members</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'intrinsic environment' encompass?

    <p>Geology, climate, and biological factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'agent' represent in the context of diseases?

    <p>The infectious microorganism or pathogen causing disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'pathogen' refer to?

    <p>A virus, bacterium, parasite, or other microbe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'intrinsic environment' encompass?

    <p>Genetic factors passed down by family members</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who or what does the term 'host' refer to?

    <p>The human or animal that can get the disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do 'risk factors' encompass?

    <p>Variety of factors intrinsic to the host that can influence exposure, susceptibility, or response to a causative agent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has the term 'agent' been broadened to include?

    <p>Chemical and physical causes of disease/injury</p> Signup and view all the answers

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