The community health nurse knows that early attempts to understand illness and disease focused on the study of the experiences of individual people. Using this knowledge, how would the nurse define epidemiology to a group of nursing students?
A) An outbreak that occurs when there is an increased incidence of a disease beyond that which is normally found in the population
B) Model based on the belief that health status is determined by the interaction of the characteristics of the host, agent, and environment
C) Study of the distribution and determinants of states of health and illness in human populations
D) Epidemiologic model that strongly emphasizes the concept of multiple causation while de-emphasizing the role of agents in explaining illness
Question 2
Which most accurately defines rate?
A) Course of a disease or condition from the onset to resolution
B) Primary measurement used to describe either the occurrence or the existence of a specific state of health or illness
C) Probability or likelihood that a disease or illness will occur in a group of people who presently do not have the problem
D) Characteristic or event that has been shown to increase the probability that a specific disease or illness will develop
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