16 Questions
What is the main task of epidemiology?
Using data to answer questions about who is getting sick, what is making people sick, and how to reduce the risk of others getting sick
What is surveillance in the context of epidemiology?
The ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome-specific data for use in planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice
What is epidemiology?
The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations
Which of the following can cause communicable diseases?
Ingesting contaminated food or water
What are examples of communicable diseases?
Hepatitis B, Salmonellosis, Measles
What is the primary focus of public health nurses and epidemiologists?
Community health
Why is quality health data essential for epidemiology?
To answer questions about who is getting sick, what is making people sick, and how to reduce the risk of others getting sick
Why is timely and accurate reporting of communicable disease data important for health department personnel?
To determine if the disease is part of a larger problem in the community
How do public health nurses and epidemiologists act in relation to disease mysteries?
They act as investigators trying to solve the mysteries
What type of host affords subsistence or lodgment to an infectious agent under natural conditions?
Obligate host
What is meant by 'infestation' in the context of communicable diseases?
Lodgment, development, and reproduction of arthropods on the body's surface or in clothing
Which term is used to describe the invasion of the gut by parasitic worms?
Infestation
What is the 'entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body of man or animals' referred to as?
Infection
What does a contagious disease refer to?
A disease transmitted through contact
Why is complete information about communicable diseases important for health department personnel?
To monitor disease information and determine if there are more cases than expected
What is meant by 'manifest or clinical infection'?
An illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products capable of being transmitted from man to man, from animal to man, from animal to animal, or from the environment to man.
Test your understanding of the basic concepts and principles of epidemiology with this quiz. Learn about the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and how it is applied to the control of health problems.
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