Final Exam - Comprehensive Questions | CHLH 101 - Introduction to Public Health, Quizzes of Community Health

Download Final Exam - Comprehensive Questions | CHLH 101 - Introduction to Public Health and more Quizzes Community Health in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 A state of complete physical, mental, and social well being & not merely the absence of disease. DEFINITION 1 Health TERM 2 Father of Epidemiology. Cholera "mapping" DEFINITION 2 John Snow TERM 3 Established health reports. DEFINITION 3 Lemuel Shattuck TERM 4 Founded the Germ Theory of Disease DEFINITION 4 Louis Pateur TERM 5 WHO is an international ______ health agency. DEFINITION 5 Governmental TERM 6 "The study of the distribution and determinants of diseases and injuries in human populations." DEFINITION 6 Epidemiology TERM 7 Diseases that occur regularly in a population DEFINITION 7 Endemic diseases TERM 8 An unexpectedly large # of cases of disease in a particular population. DEFINITION 8 Epidemic TERM 9 The 6 parts of the chain of infection DEFINITION 9 PathogenReservoirPortal of exitTransmissionPortal of entryNew host TERM 10 The 2 types of transmission DEFINITION 10 Direct and indirect TERM 21 An unexpectedly large number of cases of disease in a particular population DEFINITION 21 Epidemic TERM 22 A disease that occurs regularly in a population DEFINITION 22 Endemic disease TERM 23 Infectious diseases for which health officials request or require reporting for public health reasons DEFINITION 23 Notifiable diseases TERM 24 The study of the distribution and determinants of diseases and injuries in human populations. DEFINITION 24 Epidemiology TERM 25 The number of years lost when death occurs before the age of 65 or 75. DEFINITION 25 Years of potential life lost TERM 26 Statistical summaries of records of major life events DEFINITION 26 Vital statistics TERM 27 A set of criteria for deciding whether a person has a particular disease or other health- related condition. DEFINITION 27 Case definition TERM 28 Two groups are studied - allow for testing of hypotheses about relationships b/t health problems DEFINITION 28 Analytical studies TERM 29 Compares those diagnosed with a disease with those who do not have the disease. DEFINITION 29 Case/control study TERM 30 Ratio of odds of exposure among cases to odds of exposure among non-cases. DEFINITION 30 Odds ratio TERM 31 Compares non-diseased groups and whether exposed or unexposed to a factor determines rates of disease. DEFINITION 31 Cohort study TERM 32 Measure of association b/t incidence of disease in unexposed group & exposed group DEFINITION 32 Relative risk TERM 33 A study carried out under controlled conditions. Use statistical t-test or F-test to test probability of differences b/t groups. DEFINITION 33 Experimental TERM 34 A federal law that required all states to adopt legislation that prohibits the sale and distribution of tobacco products to people under 18 DEFINITION 34 Synar ammendment