Community

Question 1

A prime example of the international community dental health government is?

Answer 1

World Health Organization

Question 2

Which level of community dental health government acts on oral health problems of national significance?

Answer 2

Federal

Question 3

What does DHHS stand for?

Answer 3

Department of Health and Human Services

Question 4

Which level of government initiates dental health legislative measures (such as fluoridation)?

Answer 4

Local

Question 5

Refers to the study of health and disease in populations and requires that disease be measured quantitatively?

Answer 5

Epidemiology

Question 6

The estimated population of people who are managing a disease at any given time is called?

Answer 6

Prevalence

Question 7

The annual diagnosis rate or the number of new cases of a particular disease diagnosed each year is called?

Answer 7

Incidence

Question 8

An unexpectedly large number of cases of disease in a particular population at a particular place and time is called?

Answer 8

Epidemic

Question 9

A disease that occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course is known as?

Answer 9

Endemic

Question 10

An outbreak of disease over a wide geographic area; often worldwide is known as?

Answer 10

Pandemic

Question 11

Name the study in which information is collected without changing the environment-nothing is manipulated?

Answer 11

Descriptive study

Question 12

Which study describes the extent of a disease or condition within a population?

Answer 12

Descriptive/correlational/observational

Question 13

What study looks at the characteristics of one group of subjects who already have a certain health outcome ( the cases) and compare them to a similar group of people who do not have the outcome (the controls)?

Answer 13

Case-control or Retrospective study

Question 14

Which study follows large groups of people over a long period of time?

Answer 14

Cohort or prospective study

Question 15

Name the research sample that selects an element according to certain subgroups; accomplished by selecting a proportionate number of participants from each subgroup for the sample.

Answer 15

Stratified sample

Question 16

Name the research sample that selects every nth to participate

Answer 16

Systematic

Question 17

Name the research sample that is chosen based solely on convenience?

Answer 17

Convenience sample

Question 18

Which variable is the outcome of interest? It should change in response to some intervention

Answer 18

Dependent

Question 19

Name the variable that is manipulated to produce a response to the dependent variable?

Answer 19

Independent

Question 20

The difference between the high and low score of a data matrix; affected by extremely high or low scores is ?

Answer 20

Range

Question 21

What represents the square root of the sample variance?

Answer 21

Standard deviation

Question 22

The degree that a study or procedure can be conclusive yet sufficiently realistic; does the test measure what it claims to be measuring?

Answer 22

Validity

Question 23

The extent to which the method of measurement consistently performs is called?

Answer 23

Reliability

Question 24

Consistent performance by the same evaluator is known as?

Answer 24

Intraexaminer reliability

Question 25

Consistent performance between different examiners; is increased by calibration is known as?

Answer 25

Interexaminer reliability

Question 26

The ability of a test to correctly identify the presence of a disease is called?

Answer 26

Sensitivity

Question 27

The ability of a test to identify the absence of a disease is called?

Answer 27

Specificity

Question 28

What determines the strength of relationship between two variables?

Answer 28

Correlation coefficient

Question 29

Which test is used to measure the hypothetical difference between 2 mean scores?

Answer 29

T-test

Question 30

Which test is used when comparing the statistical difference between 3 or more mean scores?

Answer 30

ANOVA

Question 31

Which test is used when testing a hypothesis?

Answer 31

P-value

Question 32

Name the preventative service that involves techniques designed to prevent, reverse or arrest a disease process?

Answer 32

Primary services

Question 33

Name the preventative service that treats or controls a disease or condition after it occurs?

Answer 33

Secondary service

Question 34

Which service involves replacing lost tissues in order to rehabilitate oral structures?

Answer 34

Tertiary service

Question 35

Which type of information delivery is active, lecture, demonstration, discussion, etc?

Answer 35

Formal delivery

Question 36

Which type of information delivery is passive, brochures, pamphlets, billboards, video?

Answer 36

Informal delivery

Question 37

List the 6 stages of learning

Answer 37

``` Unawareness Awareness Self-interest Involvement Action Habit ```

Question 38

Name the type of evaluation that is outcome, measures impact of program/teaching (ex: comprehensive final exam)

Answer 38

Summative

Question 39

Name the evaluation that is conducted during the program; making sure audience is engaged?

Answer 39

Formative

Question 40

Which level of government coordinates programs for underdeveloped nations and gathers epidemiological data for comparison across nations?

Answer 40

International