Epidemiological Methods 1: Beginning Questions

Public health focuses on ____________________ health while medicine focuses on ____________________ health .

Public health achievements that have improved life expectancy in the US over the past century include : routine ____________________ , improved ____________________ , sanitation and clean ____________________ , modification of disease ____________________ factors , and tobacco campaigns .

The main objectives of epidemiology are : study the natural course of ____________________ , determine the extent in a ____________________ , identify patterns and ____________________ , identify ____________________ , and evaluate effectiveness .

Epidemiologists quantify the disease ____________________ in a population by developing a definition of ____________________ , mechanism for ____________________ cases within specified populations , and determining population ____________________ .

The many subspecialties of modern epidemiology are typically defined by ____________________ , ____________________ , or ____________________ .

Modern epidemiological research has expanded in these three directions : ____________________ , ____________________ , and life ____________________ .