Risk, Rate and Odds

Risk, Rate and Odds

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The video tutorial covers various surveillance methods in public health, including passive and active surveillance, serosurveillance, sentinel surveillance, whole genome sequencing, and syndromic surveillance. It explains how these methods help in detecting disease trends and outbreaks. The video also delves into the concepts of risk, rate, and odds, providing examples to illustrate their differences and applications in epidemiology.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a major limitation of passive surveillance?

It is too expensive to implement.

It often results in underreporting of cases.

It requires active participation from the public.

It is only used during outbreaks.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of surveillance involves testing blood samples for antibodies?

Sentinel surveillance

Syndromic surveillance

Serosurveillance

Whole genome sequencing

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of sentinel surveillance?

To survey the entire population

To track absenteeism in schools

To sequence the genome of pathogens

To monitor disease trends and detect outbreaks

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is 'risk' defined in epidemiology?

The total number of cases in a population at a given time

The chance of a health outcome occurring in a defined population over a specific time

The probability of an event occurring divided by the probability of it not occurring

The number of new cases divided by person-time

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between 'rate' and 'risk'?

Rate is a measure of prevalence, while risk is a measure of incidence.

Rate includes person-time in the denominator, while risk does not.

Rate is used for chronic diseases, while risk is for acute diseases.

Rate is always higher than risk.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When do odds and risk become noticeably different?

When the study duration is long

When the population size is small

When the incidence of an event is high

When the incidence of an event is very low

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If the odds of an event are greater than one, what does it imply?

The event is equally likely to happen as not.

The event is more likely to happen than not.

The event is less likely to happen than not.

The event will definitely happen.