Exam 12: Prevention, Detection, and Monitoring of Disease

Unscramble the letters to get the type of surveillance that is intended for early detection of highly contagious infectious disorders in the population being monitored. RYMIODSCN

Tertiary prevention focuses on restoration of function and avoidance of permanent disability.

Screening is important to prevent the occurrence of disease.

Which of the following are factors that must be taken into account when considering candidate diseases for implementing a screening program?

The probability that a test-positive individual actually has the disease for which the person was tested is known as the:

_______________ refers to the ability of a screening test to correctly identify those with asymptomatic preclinical disease.

The purpose of _____________ is to identify asymptomatic disease in individuals to improve health outcomes through early intervention.

Which of the following are examples of secondary prevention?

This type of validity refers to whether a survey instrument appears to measure what it purports to measure.

In the context of screening tests, _____________ refers to whether or not a screening test does what is intended to do.

Which of the following entities makes recommendations to practitioners regarding various preventative services?

_______________ Refers to the progression of disease to a level of irreversibility and serious consequences including disability and death.

The overestimation of the survival time of those detected by a screening program because of the overrepresentation of slow-progressing cases is known as ______________.

____________ was developed to facilitate efficient and secure data transfer from healthcare providers to local and state public health departments and from public health agencies to the CDC.

Clinical validity is the ability of a test to correctly identify a property or characteristic in a specimen.

When considering candidate diseases for a screening program, treatability of the disease should be an important consideration.

The purpose of____________________ is to prevent the occurrence of a disease in the first place.

This type of surveillance focuses on a small number of carefully selected hospitals, practitioners, or laboratories to gather information on a specific event or disease.

This type of prevention aims to arrest or alter the course of a disease through early detection and intervention.

____________________ pertains to the ability of the screening test to rule out correctly those without a detectable disease for which screening is being done.