18 Questions
What is the term used to describe the over and under reporting of behaviors due to societal expectations?
Social desirability bias
What is the term for the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health?
Health promotion
Who is often responsible for day-to-day public health tasks according to the text?
Local county and city health departments
What is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations known as?
Epidemiology
Which term is used to describe the integration of science-based interventions with community preferences for improving population health?
Evidence-based community engagement
What term is used to describe the numbers that represent the health of a population?
Health indicators
What does the term 'disease prevention' refer to?
Taking measures to avoid diseases before they occur
How are adjusted rates used in epidemiology?
To make different populations being studied equivalent to each other
Which term refers to the social, economic, cultural, and environmental factors responsible for health and disease?
Determinants of Health
Why do businesses often resist public health measures?
Because of the economic impact on profits
What affects concern about risk perception according to the text?
The level of dread associated with a particular risk
How are raw numbers related to the population at risk in epidemiology?
$Death Rate$ per 1000
What is the primary focus of tertiary prevention?
Minimizing disability through medical care and rehabilitation
In an intervention study, what is a common challenge related to subjects' behavior?
Subjects may not follow prescribed behavior throughout the study period
What type of study may find it challenging to isolate the factors responsible for health differences?
Cohort study
What is a common concern in all types of studies regarding participants?
Differential drop-outs among participants
Which level of prevention focuses on providing medical care and rehabilitation services to minimize disability?
Tertiary prevention
What is a characteristic of spurious correlations?
They are unrelated or coincidental relationships
Test your knowledge on risk perception and population metrics. This quiz covers concepts such as dread and knowability of risks, death rates, birth rates, fertility rates, crude rates, adjusted rates, and population statistics.
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