Matching Pairs EpidemiologyOnline version Common words used in epidemiology by Maureen Strauss 1 Calibration 2 Surveillance 3 Basic Screening 4 Epidemiology 5 Causality (or Cause and Effect) 6 Placebo 7 Pilot study 8 Eradication 9 Placebo effect (Hawthorne effect) 10 Trends Elimination of an infectious disease agent through surveillance and containment Positive treatment results based upon the subjects belief about the efficacy of a treatment intervention or subjects’ knowledge that they are being observed A particular exposure results in a particular outcome Ongoing observation, persistent watching over, scrutinizing, constant monitoring, and assessing changes in populations related to disease, conditions, injuries, disabilities or death trends Rapid assessment accomplished in a short time by visual detection providing information about gross dental and oral lesions. a treatment which has no therapeutic value (looks, taste, etc.; same in appeal) Standardization of examiners as they apply epidemiologic measurements a trial run to evaluate how to control the variables before beginning a larger study Long-term changes or movements in disease patterns and health-related conditions identifies by examining surveillance data Study of the nature, cause, control, and determinants of the frequency and distribution of disease, disability, and death in human populations
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