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