Epi Exam 1

Married ppl were found to be healthier because marriage creates an environment conducive to good health. This describes:

(T/F) Endemic describes an epidemic on a worldwide scale in which disease crosses international borders.

All of the following are possible explanations for the "hispanic mortality paradox" except

A test has 98% ability to correctly ID individuals w/ a pet cat. It also has 15% ability to correctly ID those who don't

_____ can be seen in the response to the recent Monkeypox outbreak where vax efforts were targeted mostly to gay men

When does prevalence become similar to incidence?

When is screening applicable in the course of disease?

John Snow reported an outbreak of cholera in London during the 1850s due to the Broad Street Pump. This describes:

You are trying to calculate proportion of people in a pop who smoked during the COVID pandemic, use the equation for:

(T/F) Some laws may mandate HCPs, hospitals & labs to report certain cases of disease which may endanger the population

When during a screening would you not want to leave true cases of a disease undetected?

A test that is accurate is also said to be ____. A test that is consistent is also said to be _____.

All of the following are true about incidence except:

(T/F) Screening is used to identify symptomatic ppl assuming that early diagnosis leads to more effective treatment.

(T/F) Main objectives of descriptive epi are assessing health status & generating hypotheses about causal relationships

_____ refers to gradual and steady changes in disease frequency over long periods of time.

(T/F) Death certificates contain immediate causes but not underlying causes/ other significant but unrelated conditions

If a disease is very rare, _____ will be low even if _____ is very high.

When can you use the direct method of adjusted rates?

(T/F) Survivors of a natural disaster would be considered a fixed population.

You want to conduct a study with a high generalizability, which of the following data sources would be best suited?

The #1 cause of goiter is iodine deficiency. One solution has led to iodized salt as a common household item. This is:

A slow but somewhat steady change in the occurrence of disease over a prolonged period of time describes:

(T/F) Length bias occurs b/c less aggressive diseases may have longer detectable preclinical phases.

(T/F) Urban morbidity & mortality are associated with crowding, inc exposure to zoonotic diseases, pollution, & poverty

Which of the following best describes the "female paradox"?

Limitations of reportable disease statistics include:

Smallpox and polio are examples of:

(T/F) Residual disorders are diseases for which no effective method of prevention exists/there is no known cure.

Which ranks the following policy strategies from least invasive to most restrictive?

Which can be used for calculating the proportion of patients who test positive for a condition truly have the condition?