Public Health Midterm Review

Type of prevent. that min. severity of the illness/damage due to an injury-causing event once the event has occurred?

The Hantavirus comes from what mode of transmission?

What disease decimated the Native American populations because they had no immunity to the virus?

What aspect of the Framingham Study was instituted in 1994 and included a more diverse sampling of Framingham residents?

The current 7-day moving avg of daily new cases (142,006) increased 2.8%. This is an example of what type of epi measure

Which of the following is the intervention study regarding fluoride for the prevention of tooth decay?

In public health, ___________ mostly concerns itself with diagnostic issues at various levels of healthcare delivery.

Who publishes the Morbidity and Morality Weekly Report?

Type of study is has large numbers of subjects, all healthy at beginning, being questioned regarding their exposure

What is the infectious agent associated with Scarlet fever?

The greatest biomedical research complex in the world is the

The first published report that heralded the onset of AIDS epidemic appeared in what publication on June 4, 1981?

A __________ of 1.0 means that there is no association between the exposure and the disease

Smoking in indoor places can be outlawed bc the smoke bothers others while smoking itself cannot be regulated in adults

Which branch of science is required for understanding of how infectious agents are spread and affect the human body?

One conclusion from IOM is that most emerging infections in the environment are caused by this.

A virus, bacterium, or parasite that causes the disease in humans in humans is known as

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