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Question 1
Which theory attributes disease to imbalances in bodily humors?
Correct Answer:
Humoral Theory
Explanation:
Imbalance of bodily humors is the idea behind Humoral Theory. The body is thought to contain four humors—blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile—and health depends on keeping them in proper balance. When the mix is off, illness results, and treatments aim to restore balance through methods like bleeding, purging, or dietary adjustments. This view dominated ancient and medieval medicine, long before microbes were understood. Germ theory ties disease to microorganisms; miasma theory blames noxious environmental vapors; and cell theory emphasizes disease processes at the cellular level. The concept of disease arising from internal humoral imbalance best matches the Humoral Theory.
Question 2
A disease that is present worldwide across many countries is called
Correct Answer:
Pandemic
Explanation:
Pandemic describes a disease that has spread across many countries and continents, affecting a large number of people and often requiring international coordination to respond. Thiswide geographic reach distinguishes it from other patterns. Endemic means the disease is regularly found in a particular area at a stable level; an epidemic is a sudden increase in cases in a specific region; and morbidity is a measure of how much disease occurs in a population, not a description of how widespread it is. For example, when a disease spreads globally and causes sustained transmission, it is considered a pandemic.
Question 3
Which level of the Social Ecological Model encompasses formal organizations and social institutions?
Correct Answer:
Organizational
Explanation:
The organizational level of the Social Ecological Model encompasses formal organizations and social institutions. This level looks at how structures like schools, workplaces, religious groups, healthcare systems, and government agencies shape health by their policies, norms, resources, and environment. For example, a school lunch program, workplace wellness incentives, or hospital infection-control procedures are organizational factors that influence what people do and how easily they can stay healthy. This differs from the individual level, which focuses on personal knowledge and behaviors; the interpersonal level, which centers on relationships and social networks; and the public policy level, which deals with laws and broader regulations that set the framework for entire communities and organizations.
Question 4
If a city has 2,000 people with a disease at a specific date, and the city population is 50,000, what is the point prevalence?
Correct Answer:
4%.
Explanation:
Point prevalence is the proportion of people who have the disease at a specific point in time, calculated as existing cases divided by the total population at that time. Here, 2,000 people are diseased out of 50,000 total residents. 2,000 divided by 50,000 equals 0.04, which is 4%. So the point prevalence is 4%. The other percentages would correspond to different counts (e.g., 0.4% would be about 200 cases, 2% about 1,000 cases, 40% about 20,000 cases), not the given numbers.
Question 5
Which statement best describes the interpretation of proportionate mortality rate?
Correct Answer:
It describes the share of deaths due to a specific cause among all deaths, not the risk
Explanation:
Proportionate mortality rate expresses the share of deaths from a specific cause within all deaths. It is calculated as deaths from the cause divided by total deaths and is usually shown as a percentage. This tells you how important that cause is among all deaths, not how likely people are to die from it in the population. It doesn’t account for how many people are at risk, how long they are at risk, or deaths from other causes, so it can’t be interpreted as the risk of dying from that cause. It’s also not a measure of new cases per year (incidence) nor a measure of overall lifespan (life expectancy). For example, if 200 of 1,000 total deaths are due to a specific cause, the proportionate mortality rate for that cause is 20%, which describes the share, not the individual risk.
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