PHC 131

 (Practical Applications of Epidemiology)

Please choose the most appropriate answer: (7 points)

Q1. Gini index used for:

a. Education inequality

b. Income inequality

c. Heath access inequality

d. Social inequality

Q2. The study of the placement and optimum utilization of health services in a

community, refers to:

a. Disease etiology

b. Policy evaluation

c. Program evaluation

d. Operations research

Q3. Epidemiologic research is the subject of criticism, like:

a. Conflicting studies

b. Individual risks

c. Search for causes

d. Specific clinical concerns

Q 4- Shift from high birth and death rates to lower birth and death rates, refers to:

a. Demographic Transition

b. Environment Transition

c. Epidemic transition

d. Fertility Transition

Q5- Modern Concepts of Causality, like:

a. Control diseases report

b. Henle-Koch postulates

c. Institute of medicine report

d. Surgeon General’s Report

Q6- Study of Risks to Individuals like:

a. Cohort study.

b. Qualitative study

c. Health services study

d. Virtual study.

Dr. Eham AjlouniPHC 1311 st term 2017/2018

Q7- Primordial Prevention concerns with:

a. Limiting disability from disease

b. Minimizing health hazards

c. Protection against disease

d. Reducing progress of disease

Short answers: (3 points)

Answer one question only

Q1. Write the three Criteria for Risk Factors

Q2. List factors affecting reliability of observed changes