WorksheetsWeek 1 Epidemiology Recap
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a 'critical review'?
Only for public health, and looks at the causes of disease.
An essay summary with description level critique.
A writing task that asks you to summarise and evaluate a text. The critical review can be of a book, a chapter, or a journal article.
When structuring your writing, what are considered the highest levels of Bloom's taxonomy?
(a)
For NURM105 module overview, what does it describe epidemiology to be?
The basic science of public health.
The science of infectious disease.
How lifestyle diseases are cured.
What was Dr. John Snow well known for in his scientific breakthrough within Public Health?
Cholera outbreak - removing handle of Broad street water pump.
Stopping influenza outbreak in London.
Father of malaria interventions.
Incidence is a measure of...
(a)
Prevalence is a measure of...
(a)
Choose the correct definition for the term 'Prevalence'
The age-adjusted stratification of disease risk.
The total count of those who have died of a disease.
The number of existing cases divided by total number of people within a population.
What is the correct formula for Case Fatality Rate (CFR)?
Number of deaths during specific time/ number of infected people.
Number of deaths/ those who aren't infected.
The DOTS factors which influence the R0 value stand for?
(a)
What is the correct definition for the R0 value?
R0 is the average number of people who will contract a contagious disease from one person who is infected.
R0 is the value of reproduction in animals such as bats.
R0 value determines how well cancer cells divide within a host.
R0 value is part of the circadian body clock.
R0 is the median value of how many people have been cured with a vaccine.
