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1
Q

What are the three aspects of the epidemiologic triangle?

A

Agent/Vector (what causes the problem, risk factors, exposure in environment) Host (individual and group characteristics) Environment itself

2
Q

A key part of reducing the risk of developing CVD is reducing the risk found in the ___.

A

environment

3
Q

What are the three kinds of prevention?

A

Primary Secondary Tertiary

4
Q

What is primary prevention?

A

Stopping a disease before it starts

5
Q

What is secondary prevention?

A

Stopping a disease from being as bad as it could be

6
Q

What is tertiary prevention?

A

Stopping later complications from developing as the result of a disease

7
Q

Stopping a disease from being as bad as it could be

Stopping a disease before it starts

Reducing complications following disease

Match these definitions to primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.

A

Secondary

Primary

Tertiary

8
Q

What is an aneurysm?

A

A localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel

Can rupture and cause blood loss

9
Q

What does AAA stand for?

A

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

10
Q

Scotland has a higher/lower occurrence of AAA than England.

A

higher

11
Q

Reducing risk requires both __ (high risk) and ___ (low risk) interventions.

A

individual

population