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Population-Based
Key Concepts of Epidemiology
Question | Answer |
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What is the main purpose of epidemiologic surveillance? | Provides data for making public health decisions |
Which core terms define the distribution of health events observed within a population? | - Pattern - Frequency |
Health event surveillance and monitoring | Descriptive epidemiology |
Investigation of causes and factors contributing to health events | Analytic epidemiology |
What is the function of a comparison group in analytic epidemiology? | Provides baseline data to quantify the association between suspected causes and effects |
Which elements comprise the epidemiological triangle model of disease causality? | - Host -Agent -Environment |
When is the wheel model of disease causation more applicable than the epidemiological triangle model? | When analyzing complex chronic conditions with multiple causes |