Reproductive health studies ____.
Physical, biological, social, cultural, and behaviors that
influence health are known as ____.
Social epidemiology studies ____.
Determining the cause of a disease is referred to as ____.
A test given to people who have no symptoms to check for the
presence of a particular disease is known as a ____.
Identifying diseases prior to the clinical stage means that
prevention efforts can begin immediately. Because the disease is already
present, this is an example of ____ prevention.
Consider a food borne illness that is being investigated
from a restaurant during a one week period. Anyone who ate at that
restaurant, and had vomiting and diarrhea during that week, could be considered
a(n) ____ even if they had not gone to see their doctor.
The number of existing cases of disease divided by the
population is known as ____.
While many people are used to hearing proportions
represented as a percentage, many population samples in epidemiology are often
presented per ____.
If a bacterium carries several resistance genes, it is
called a ____.
____ is the transmission of a disease from mother to child
during pregnancy or delivery.
____ is the transmission of a disease from person to person,
and may be directly from one person to another, or indirectly from one person
through an intermediate item to another person.
Once the population at risk has been identified, it’s
finally time to develop a(n) ____ about the suspected cause of the outbreak and
then test it.
In an outbreak, a ____ is the quickest study to complete
because the investigator usually has access to a group of cases from the
outbreak itself.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention receives
at least ____ reported outbreaks per year in the U.S., although this is usually
only the “tip of the iceberg.”
There are currently two vaccines in use that not only
prevent the infection against which they are targeted but also have a role in
cancer prevention. Which are they?
The MMR vaccine is a live, attenuated vaccine that combines
antigens for what infectious diseases?
Antibodies and immunoglobulins are protein molecules
produced by what type of white blood cells?
The brain consists of two major hemispheres, the right and
the left, which are joined by tissue called the corpus callosum. The right
hemisphere controls movements of which part of the body?
As the incidence and mortality of infectious diseases
declined from the early 1900s onwards, the incidence of cardiovascular disease
____.
It is now well documented that atherosclerosis, or
“hardening of the arteries,” has its beginning in ____ and therefore the public
health emphasis on prevention and public policies need to focus on earlier
intensive interventions.
Current evidence suggests that ____ of cancers may be caused
by infectious agents.
In what year did the National Cancer Institute and the
National Human Genome Research Institute establish The Cancer Genome Atlas?
Cancer in the ____ is the second most common cancer when
considering men and women combined.
Insulin is a hormone produced by specialized cells, the ____
cells, in the islets of ____ of the ____.
What is the main prevention measure currently available for
Type 1 diabetes?
Metabolic syndrome is also known as ____.
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ____
transmitted through contaminated water or food.
What parasitic disease is endemic in many developing
countries and causes severe symptoms including rash, itch, fever, chills,
coughing, and muscle aches?
The proportion of women in developing countries who report
using contraceptives increased from 50% in 1990 to ____ in 2005. Buy now
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