HSS 4303 - Intro

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Across
  1. 2. How you describe the disease pattern of the population (who, when, where)
  2. 3. The use of epidemiological research to better manage the disease
  3. 5. Factors that influence health-related outcomes
  4. 8. Type of study that describes health-related events such as disease by group and time
  5. 10. Type of study that examines the risk factors, determinants and causes of disease
  6. 11. He discovered the cause and prevention of scurvy using experimental study design to test out his hypothesis
  7. 14. Founder of modern epidemiology ; He examined the number of births and deaths relative to the population, described the state of health of the pop., established determinants and applied the knowledge to prevent and control disease
  8. 15. Type of epidemiologist that examines childhood factors and how that might influence disease later in life
  9. 16. Founder of epidemiology ; Identified cause of cholera outbreak in London by examining the distribution of the deaths
  10. 17. Type of determinant that is external to the individual like income, education, etc.
  11. 18. Type of determinant that includes air pollution, pesticides, etc.
Down
  1. 1. Number of cases in a population
  2. 4. The study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related events, states and processes in specified populations, including the determinants of said processes, and the application of this knowledge to control relevant health problems
  3. 6. Type of determinant that includes age, gender, level of participation, diet, etc.
  4. 7. Group of people with a common characteristic
  5. 9. Type of study that test treatments, programs and interventions to see whether they can be used to prevent or treat disease at the population level
  6. 12. Did a case control approach of cancer related to smoking
  7. 13. The 1st epidemiologist ; He looked at mortality rates in London and examined patterns of mortality and survival rates