Introduction to Healthcare System & Professional Practice

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Work sheet 2 (LO2)

Part 1. Puzzle

Complete the word as defined below.

LO2 Puzzle

Across

1. infectious disease

Down

1. prevalent whole country

2. prevalent in a community
3. regularly found in certain areas
4. percentage of population

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Part 2. Classify the diseases accordingly.

Tuberculosis Hypertension Diabetes Cancer

Ebola Ovarian Cyst Cellulitis Tonsillitis
URTI Hyperthyroidism COPD Fracture d/t RTA
STDs Kidney Failure Hepatitis B HIV/AIDS
Pneumonia
Asthma

Communicable Diseases Non-Communicable Diseases

Part 3. Multiple Choice.

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Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Epidemiologist are interested in learning about

a. The causes of diseases and how to cure or control them
b. The frequency and geographic distribution of diseases
c. The causal relationship between diseases
d. All of the above

2. Disease that are always present in a community, usually at a low , more or less constant,
frequency are classified as having an ______________ pattern
a. Epidemic
b. Endemic
c. Pandemic

3. Which of the following statements is true concerning epidemic diseases?

a. They are usually not very contagious
b. At the end of an epidemic, a disease spreads at an increasing rate and then
abruptly disappears
c. They usually appear and disappear seasonally.

4. Which of the following that becomes unusually widespread and even global in its reach is
referred to as ___________.
a. Pandemic
b. Hyperendemic
c. Spanish flu

5. A disease vector is an __________

a. Organism that transmits a disease
b. Symptom of a disease
c. Environmental condition associated with a disease.

6. Which of the following causes Malaria?

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 a. Mosquitoes
b. Plasmodia
c. Red blood cells

7. Most of the major health problems in the poorer nations are due to _______.
a. Parasitic worms and microorganisms
b. Psychological tension resulting from work
c. Air pollution

8. The prime cause of illness resulting in death in the poor countries of the tropical and
subtropical regions today is ________________.
a. Lyme disease
b. Malnutrition
c. Malaria

9. Diseases that are due to mostly environmental changes, increased population densities,
and pollution that result from modernization in third world nations are referred to as:
a. Diseases of poverty
b. Disease of development
c. Schistosomiasis

10. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Modern medicine has at times been responsible for causing health problems
b. Malnutrition has been essentially eliminated globally
c. Persistent undernourishment among children rarely results in serious health
problems