Social epidemiology studies ____.

 

the effect of the environment on human health

 

the effect of community socioeconomic factors on health

 

lifestyle factors that may be associated with disease status

 

diseases that are acute and contagious

Question 2 

One of the important concepts from the Nuremberg Code is that of ____, which means that the subject understands the scope of the study and can make an informed decision to participate.

 

informed consent

 

voluntary consent

 

beneficence

 

primary agent

Question 3 

The first step in any epidemiological investigation is to ____.

 

understand causation

 

establish risk factors

 

track trends and determine if particular diseases are   increasing or decreasing in the population

 

describe the population demographically by age, race, sex,   education, and other relevant indicators

Question 4 

While Austin Bradford Hill is well-known for his work in developing guidelines for establishing causality for studies of non-infectious diseases, his other contributions to the field of epidemiology and ____ are remarkable.

 

psychology

 

statistics

 

sociology

 

mathematics

Question 5 

The modern epidemiologic triangle includes groups of populations, causative factors, and ____.

 

alternate explanations

 

risk factors

 

results

 

coherence

Question 6 

The time between infection and clinical disease is referred to as a(n) ____.

 

a plausible period

 

temporal period

 

incubation period

 

latency period

Question 7 

A table in epidemiology that arranges numbers to allow the comparison of exposure and outcome is called a ____ table.

 

proportion

 

contingency

 

specific

 

crude

Question 8 

Prevalence equals ____.

 

incidence times duration of disease

 

incidence divided by duration of disease

 

incidence plus duration of disease

 

incidence divided by duration of disease times 100

Question 9 

A person in the population or study group identified as having the particular disease, health disorder, or condition under investigation is known as a ____.

 

person time

 

case

 

suspect case

 

proportion

Question 10 

The probability of death due to infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa is ____%, but only ____% in developed countries, such as the United States.

 

22; 1.1

 

35; 10

 

66; 11

 

50; 22