Epidemiology

What is the closest to the official definition of Epidemiology from the CDC?

• Science of looking at health of individuals

• Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states among specified individuals

• Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states among specified populations

• Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states in order to form treatment options for populations

What does CDC stand for?

• Center for Disease Control

• Central Disease Commission

• Cancer and Disease Convention

• Commission for Disease Care

Epidemiology looks at disease in _______ groups.

• population

• individual

• species

• country

Epidemiologists are known as...

• Disease Doctors

• Public Health Police

• Disease Detectives

Wastewater surveillance is an example of a population health tool that can warn us about infection trends.

• True

• False

True or False, Covid is still Among Us.

• True

• False

The process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm is called what?

• toxicology

• epidemiology

• dose-response relationship

• risk assessment

A disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time or that has existed for a while, but is increasing rapidly or spreading around the world is called

• environmental
• pandemic
• emerging
• infection

The study of the spread of disease

• Toxicity
• Toxicology
• Epidemiology
• Science

Outbreak is another term for

• epidemic
• endemic
• illness
• disease