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Questions

1. When evaluating any modality of health care, we must identify and understand the characteristics of each of the sources of data that will be used, such as who or what is included or excluded

True

False

2. Removing causes of disease is an example of:

a. Primary prevention

b. Secondary prevention

c. Tertiary prevention

d. None of these

3. Randomized Control Studies (RCT) represent a study design that can not be used for evaluating approaches to treatment and prevention and treatment

True

False

4. Findings from epidemiological studies are often ________ to developing standard clinical approaches

a. non consequential

b. Relevant

c. Irrelevant

d. unnecessary

5. Epidemiologists use a model for studying infectious disease using at least three factors. What are these factors?

a. Host, Agent, Education

b. Environment, Vector, Income

c. Income, SES, Immunization status

d. Agent, Host, Environment

6. The profession of epidemiology has as its primary roles the design and conduct of scientific research and the public health application of scientific knowledge.

ture

false

7. Epidemiologists have ______ and ______ obligations to minimize risks and to avoid causing harm to research participants and to society.

a. Religious, ethical

b. Professional, research

c. Academic, human

d. Ethical, professional

8. Public health surveillance is a strategy used to prevent the spread of disease

ture

false

9. The extent to which a specific health care treatment, service, procedure, program, or other intervention does what is is intended to do when used in a community-dwelling population is termed its:

a. Effectiveness

b. Efficacy

c. Efficiency

d. Effect modification

10. Which of these options is not a possible outcome measure that could be used as an indicator of the benefit of screening programs aimed at early detection of disease?

a. Reduction of complications

b. Reduction of incidence in the population screened

c. Reduction of case-fatality in the screened population

d. Reduction of mortality in the population screeded