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27 Cards in this Set
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breif exposure of high intensiry
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acute
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compares persons witha disease or condition with another group of people from the same population without the diease or condition
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case
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lasting a long time
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chronic
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epidemiologic study where populations can be identified and observed for a sufficient number of person-years to generate reliable incidence or mortality rates in the population
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cohert study
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study the examines the relationship b/w disease and other variables of interest as they exist in a pop. at one particular time
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cross-sectional study
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measurment scale that arranges items into wither of two mutually exclusive categories
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dichotomous scale
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units of analysis are populations or groups of people rather than individuals
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ecologic study
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presence of a disease within a given geographic area or population group
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endemic disease
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occurance in a community or region of cases of an illness
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epidemic
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termination of all transmission of infection by extermination
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eradication ( of disease )
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the science of causes; causality
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etiology
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the number of instances of illness during a given period in a specified population
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incidence
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rating scale or a set of numbers derived from a series of observations of specified variable
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index
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intermittent performance and analysis of routine measurements aimed at detecting changes in the environment or health status of a population
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monitoring
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departure from a state of physiologic or psychologic well-being
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morbidity
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related to death
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mortality
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concept that a given disease or other outcome may have more than one cause; combination
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multifactorial etiology
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frequency of a disease or other attribute or event in a population w/o distinguishiner b/w incidence and prevalence
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occurence
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epidemic occuring over a wide area affecting a large population
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pandemic
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number of instances of a disease in a population at a designated time
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prevalence
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research- that looks forward
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prospective
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research- that reviews the past
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retrospective
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screening test,probability of a correct diaagnosis
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sensitivity
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proportion of truly nondiseased persons
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specificity
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ongoing systematic collection of public health pratice
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surveillance
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functional capacity of data collection, analysis and dissemination linked to public health programs
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surveillance system
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long term movement in an ordered series
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trend
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