HSA 535 MIdterm Part 1 100 out 100 correct A+++

HSA 535 Midterm Question 1 A disease or condition that affects a greater than expected (normal) number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time is referred to as an ____.

Question 2
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Physical, biological, social, cultural, and behaviors that influence health are known as ____.

Question 3
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The first step in any epidemiological investigation is to ____.
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Question 4
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Social epidemiology studies ____.

Question 5
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HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is currently a ____.
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Question 6
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One of the important concepts from the Nuremberg Code is that of ____, which means that the subject understands the scope of the study and can make an informed decision to participate.

Question 7
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Reproductive health studies ____.
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Question 8
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Risk factors or exposures that we think might affect the outcome are known as ____.
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independent variables
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independent variables
Question 9
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A test given to people who have no symptoms to check for the presence of a particular disease is known as a ____.

Question 10
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The modern epidemiologic triangle includes groups of populations, causative factors, and ____.

Question 11
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James Lind (1716-1794) observed the effect of time, place, weather, and diet on the spread of disease by ____.

Question 12
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The time between infection and clinical disease is referred to as a(n) ____.

Question 13
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Identifying diseases prior to the clinical stage means that prevention efforts can begin immediately. Because the disease is already present, this is an example of ____ prevention.

Question 14
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For chronic diseases, the time between exposure and symptoms is called the ____ period, which can range from a few months to many years.
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Question 15
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By definition, the disease or condition used to identify a case is determined by the ____.

Question 16
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The representation of a numerator as a fraction of a denominator is known as a(n) ____.

Question 17
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Prevalence equals ____.
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Question 18
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A person in the population or study group identified as having the particular disease, health disorder, or condition under investigation is known as a ____.
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Question 19
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The number of existing cases of disease  divided by the population is known as ____.
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Question 20
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Consider a food borne illness that is being investigated from a restaurant during a one week period.  Anyone who ate at that restaurant, and had vomiting and diarrhea during that week, could be considered a(n) ____ even if they had not gone to see their doctor.

Question 21
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While many people are used to hearing proportions represented as a percentage, many population samples in epidemiology are often presented per ____.

Question 22
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A table in epidemiology that arranges numbers to allow the comparison of exposure and outcome is called a ____ table.

Question 23
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One of the most important emerging problems with the control of infectious diseases has to do with ____.

Question 24
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Infectious diseases are responsible for ____% of worldwide deaths in children under 15 years old and ____% of deaths in people aged 15-59 years old.

Question 25
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How many new cases of HIV infection were reported in the United States for the year 2009?

Question 26
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The disease carrier of most concern is known as a(n) ____, which is an infected person who never gets clinically ill, but can transmit the etiologic agent to others.

Question 27
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____ is the transmission of a disease from person to person, and may be directly from one person to another, or indirectly from one person through an intermediate item to another person.

Question 28
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There is ____ in the overall crude death rate in the United States from the year 1900 until 1996.

Question 29
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A(n) ____ is an infected individual capable of transmitting disease during and after clinical disease.

Question 30
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The probability of death due to infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa is ____%, but only ____% in developed countries, such as the United States.