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

Matching Pairs

EpidemiologyOnline version

Common words used in epidemiology

by Maureen Strauss

Epidemiology

Eradication

Placebo effect (Hawthorne effect)

Surveillance

Causality (or Cause and Effect)

Calibration

Basic Screening

Pilot study

Placebo

Trends

a treatment which has no therapeutic value (looks, taste, etc.; same in appeal)

A particular exposure results in a particular outcome

Rapid assessment accomplished in a short time by visual detection providing information about gross dental and oral lesions.

Positive treatment results based upon the subjects belief about the efficacy of a treatment intervention or subjects’ knowledge that they are being observed

Long-term changes or movements in disease patterns and health-related conditions identifies by examining surveillance data

Elimination of an infectious disease agent through surveillance and containment

Study of the nature, cause, control, and determinants of the frequency and distribution of disease, disability, and death in human populations

Standardization of examiners as they apply epidemiologic measurements

Ongoing observation, persistent watching over, scrutinizing, constant monitoring, and assessing changes in populations related to disease, conditions, injuries, disabilities or death trends

a trial run to evaluate how to control the variables before beginning a larger study