Epidemiology (community)

Question 1

Define Epidemiolgy

Answer 1

• Refers to the study of health and disease in a population

- Requires that disease be measured quantitatively

Question 2

Define Quantitatively

Answer 2

Is information that can be counted or expressed numerically and is often collected in experiments, manipulated and statistically analyzed; represented in graphs and charts

Question 3

Define Precalence

Answer 3

Usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing a disease at any given time.

Question 4

Define Incidence

Answer 4

Refers to the annual diagnosis rate or the number of new cases of a particular disease diagnosed each year.

Question 5

What are some uses for Epidemiology?

Answer 5

• collecting data to describe normal biological processes
• understanding the natural history of a disease process
• measuring the distribution of a disease in a given population
• identifying determinants of disease
• testing hypotheses for prevention and control of a disease through studies
• planning and evaluating health care services

Question 6

Define epidemic

Answer 6

an unexpectedly large number of cases of disease in a particular population at a particular place and time

Question 7

Define endemic

Answer 7

a disease that occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course

Question 8

Define pandemic

Answer 8

an outbreak of disease over a wide geographical area often worldwide