Glossary of Public Health Terms and Research Methods, Quizzes of Health psychology

Download Glossary of Public Health Terms and Research Methods and more Quizzes Health psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Office for Human Research Protections DEFINITION 1 A federal agency that monitors research involving human subjects TERM 2 Epidemiology DEFINITION 2 The study of factors or determinants of health status among population groups and the use of that knowledge to help control the spread of health problems in the population TERM 3 Morality DEFINITION 3 Death TERM 4 Morbidity DEFINITION 4 Diseases that may contribute to morbidity TERM 5 Raw Data DEFINITION 5 The total number of death for a defined population TERM 6 Rates DEFINITION 6 Comparison of mortality statistics TERM 7 Infant Mortality Rates DEFINITION 7 The total number of infant deaths/total population of infants X 1,000 TERM 8 Incidence DEFINITION 8 The number of new cases of a disease in a specific population for a given time period TERM 9 Prevalence DEFINITION 9 The total number of cases (both old & new) of a specific disease in a population for a given time period TERM 10 Relative Risk DEFINITION 10 The number of cases of the disease in an exposed group compared to the number of cases of the disease in a non- exposed group