Crap Flashcards
How may public health help prevent disease?
Prevention of disease (i.e. immunization), herd immunity
Give three major examples of public health outbreaks which have been reduced.
HIV/AIDS, breast/bowel cancer, malaria
Which specific topics do public health campaigns tend to focus on?
Smoking, drinking, good diet
What is epidemiology?
The study of frequency, distribution, and determinants of disease
Which three sources of information may be used for epidemiology?
Mortality, morbidity, quality of life surveys
What is incidence (+ formula)?
Number of new cases/those at risk/ Number who develop a new disease
What is prevalence (+ formula)?
No of cases at specific time/those at risk /Proportion and spread
What is the formula for mortality rate?
No of deaths/those at risk x 1000
Give the two main radiographs which give doses of radiation.
CXR, CT
Give the two main radiographs which don’t give doses of radiation.
MRI, Ultrasound
What are the four pillars of ethics?
Autonomy, beneficience, maleficience, justice
What are the main tools of the SEIPS model?
Persons, tasks, tools and tech, organisation, internal and external environment
What is the gold standard of research? What is the name for this type of analysis?
Systematic review, meta analysis
What is the name of a factor which may show correlation but not causation?
A confounding variable.
