Epidemiology In Practice Question Paper

Epidemiology In Practice

Course:Master Of Public Health

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
SUPPLEMENTARY/SPECIAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
HPH 717: EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PRACTICE
DATE: Friday 10th October 2008___________________TIME: 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Question 1
(a) What do you understand by the word epidemiology? [5 marks]
(b) Briefly explain historical development of it. [5 marks]
(c) Explain how we can make use of knowledge on epidemiology. [5 marks]
(d) what are the sources of epidemiology data? [15 marks]
(e) List and explain measurements you can make with the knowledge on
epidemiology. [20 marks]

Question 2
As a newly employed person in public health sector, briefly explain what types of
epitemiological studies you would think of. [30 marks]

Question 3
Write an essay in emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. [30 marks]

Question 4
(a) Explain the following terminologies in epidemiology
(i) Confounding [2 marks]
(ii) Relative risk [2 marks]
(iii) Attributable risk [2 marks]
(iv) Incidence [4 marks]

(b) Discuss bias in epidemiological research. [20 marks]

Question 5
(a) What is the importance of disease surveillance? [10 marks]
(b) What are the common measure derived from surveillance data. [10 marks]
(c) Comment on challenges to disease surveillance. [10 marks]

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