Study guide Autumn 2020, questions and answers

Study guide Autumn 2020, questions and answers Population Health, Epidemiology & Statistical Principles (Chamberlain University)

Study guide Autumn 2020, questions and answers Population Health, Epidemiology & Statistical Principles (Chamberlain University)

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Week 1-4

Define the following:

1.Epidemiology: The science of public health

2.Population Health: Focuses on data, risk, demographics and outcomes.

3.Outcome: The end result that follows an intervention.

4.Aggregate: Defined population.

5.Community: Composed of multiple aggregates.

6.Data: Complied information

7.Prevalence: Measures the existence of all current cases within in a time frame.

8.Incidence: Appearance of new cases.

9.Surveillance: Collection, analysis, and dissemination of data

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10.High-risk: Increased chance of poor health outcome

11.Morbidity: Presence of illness in a population

12.Mortality: Related to tracking of deaths within an aggregate

13.Primary care: Implementing an intervention before there is evidence of a disease 14.Secondary Care: Intervention implemented after a disease has begun, before it is symptomatic.

15.Tertiary care: Intervention implemented after a disease or injury is established

16.Health care provision: Access and equity to care for public

17.Social Justice Theory: Everyone deserves equal rights and opportunities including the right to good health. We must address the social determinants of health.

18.Vital statistics: Quantitative data concerning the population

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19.Interprofessional collaboration: When multiple health workers from different

backgrounds work together with patients, families, etc.

20.Healthy people 2020: Aims to achieve four goals: attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disease, injury, disability and premature death.

21.Determinants of Health: Range of measures that influence the measures of health of individuals and populations.

22.Risk analysis: The process of identifying and analyzing potential issues that could negatively impact key business initiatives or critical projects.

23.Campaign for Action: The future of nursing: “Leading change, advancing health”. To implement solutions to the challenges facing the nursing profession, and to build upon nurse-based approaches to improving quality.

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