Question 1

The mortality rate from all causes of death for a population is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Age-specific mortality rate 
B)  Proportional mortality rate 
C)  Death-to-case ratio 
D)  Crude mortality rate 
A)  Age-specific mortality rate 
B)  Proportional mortality rate 
C)  Death-to-case ratio 
D)  Crude mortality rate D

Question 2

Diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and heart disease are considered:

Accepted Answer

A)  Non-communicable diseases 
B)  Environmental diseases 
C)  Communicable diseases 
D)  Sub-clinical diseases 
A)  Non-communicable diseases 
B)  Environmental diseases 
C)  Communicable diseases 
D)  Sub-clinical diseases A

Question 3

Descriptive epidemiology is concerned with:

Accepted Answer

A)  Time, place, and person 
B)  Rates 
C)  Morbidity and mortality 
D)  Cost 
A)  Time, place, and person 
B)  Rates 
C)  Morbidity and mortality 
D)  Cost A

Question 4

Analytic epidemiology examines:

Accepted Answer

A)  Descriptive comparisons between risk factor and specific health conditions 
B)  Socio-economics and disparity 
C)  Causal relationship between a risk factor and specific health condition 
D)  Incidence of disease 
A)  Descriptive comparisons between risk factor and specific health conditions 
B)  Socio-economics and disparity 
C)  Causal relationship between a risk factor and specific health condition 
D)  Incidence of disease

Question 5

The Epidemiological Triangle encompasses:

Accepted Answer

A)  Time, place, and person 
B)  Agent, host, and environment 
C)  Experimental, observational and cohort studies 
D)  Cause, effect, and comparisons 
A)  Time, place, and person 
B)  Agent, host, and environment 
C)  Experimental, observational and cohort studies 
D)  Cause, effect, and comparisons

Question 6

Epidemiology changed in recent years to include:

Accepted Answer

A)  Focus on funding 
B)  Investigations into chronic illness 
C)  Focus on infectious diseases 
D)  Base rates on census data 
A)  Focus on funding 
B)  Investigations into chronic illness 
C)  Focus on infectious diseases 
D)  Base rates on census data

Question 7

The immediate transfer of the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host by skin-to-skin contact is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Biologic transmission 
B)  Direct transmission 
C)  Indirect transmission 
D)  Mechanical transmission 
A)  Biologic transmission 
B)  Direct transmission 
C)  Indirect transmission 
D)  Mechanical transmission

Question 8

The chain of infection includes all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Mode of transmission 
B)  Reservoir 
C)  Portal of entry and exit 
D)  Exposure 
A)  Mode of transmission 
B)  Reservoir 
C)  Portal of entry and exit 
D)  Exposure

Question 9

The process by which people are treated differently because they are members of a particular group is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Selection bias 
B)  Discrimination 
C)  Disparity 
D)  Inequity 
A)  Selection bias 
B)  Discrimination 
C)  Disparity 
D)  Inequity

Question 10

Social epidemiology is guided by all of the following concepts except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Social context of behavior 
B)  Multi-level analysis 
C)  Frequency distributions 
D)  Developmental and life-course perspectives 
A)  Social context of behavior 
B)  Multi-level analysis 
C)  Frequency distributions 
D)  Developmental and life-course perspectives

Question 11

The measure used to describe the presence of disease in a population in termed:

Accepted Answer

A)  Morbidity 
B)  Case ratio 
C)  Mortality 
D)  Crude rate 
A)  Morbidity 
B)  Case ratio 
C)  Mortality 
D)  Crude rate

The mortality rate from all causes of death for a population is known as:

Diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and heart disease are considered:

Descriptive epidemiology is concerned with:

Analytic epidemiology examines:

The Epidemiological Triangle encompasses:

Epidemiology changed in recent years to include:

The immediate transfer of the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host by skin-to-skin contact is:

The chain of infection includes all of the following except:

The process by which people are treated differently because they are members of a particular group is known as:

Social epidemiology is guided by all of the following concepts except:

The measure used to describe the presence of disease in a population in termed:

What Is Public Health and Public Health Nursing

Public Health Nursing in the United States: a History

Assessment: Using the Public Health Nursing Assessment Tool

Educating Public Health Nurses to Do the Work

Evidence-Based Practice From a Public Health Perspective

Informatics in Public Health Nursing

Considerations of Culture in the Health of the Public

Health Care Policy and Politics: the Risk and Rewards for Public Health Nurses

Social Justice and the Ethics of Public Health Practice

Hitting the Pavement: Intervention of Case Finding

Running the Show: Referral and Follow-Up, Case Management, and Delegated Functions

Working It Out: Consultation, Counseling, and Health Teaching

Working Together: Collaboration, Coalition Building, and Community Organizing

Getting the Word Out: Advocacy, Social Marketing, and Policy Development and Enforcement

Protecting, Sustaining, and Empowering: a Historical Perspective on the Control of Epidemics

Historical Highlights in Disaster Nursing

Present Day Disasters and Disaster Management: Social Determints of Health and Community Collaboration

Environment and Health

Epilogue: Nursing and Primary Health Care

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Exam 4: Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Social Epidemiology

The mortality rate from all causes of death for a population is known as:

Diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and heart disease are considered:

Descriptive epidemiology is concerned with:

Analytic epidemiology examines:

The Epidemiological Triangle encompasses:

Epidemiology changed in recent years to include:

The immediate transfer of the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host by skin-to-skin contact is:

The chain of infection includes all of the following except:

The process by which people are treated differently because they are members of a particular group is known as:

Social epidemiology is guided by all of the following concepts except:

The measure used to describe the presence of disease in a population in termed:

What Is Public Health and Public Health Nursing

Public Health Nursing in the United States: a History

Assessment: Using the Public Health Nursing Assessment Tool

Educating Public Health Nurses to Do the Work

Evidence-Based Practice From a Public Health Perspective

Informatics in Public Health Nursing

Considerations of Culture in the Health of the Public

Health Care Policy and Politics: the Risk and Rewards for Public Health Nurses

Social Justice and the Ethics of Public Health Practice

Hitting the Pavement: Intervention of Case Finding

Running the Show: Referral and Follow-Up, Case Management, and Delegated Functions

Working It Out: Consultation, Counseling, and Health Teaching

Working Together: Collaboration, Coalition Building, and Community Organizing

Getting the Word Out: Advocacy, Social Marketing, and Policy Development and Enforcement

Protecting, Sustaining, and Empowering: a Historical Perspective on the Control of Epidemics

Historical Highlights in Disaster Nursing

Present Day Disasters and Disaster Management: Social Determints of Health and Community Collaboration

Environment and Health

Epilogue: Nursing and Primary Health Care

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