Population Health and Epidemiology Flashcards

Flashcards for reviewing lecture notes on population health, epidemiology, and study designs.

GATE Frame

The graphic approach to epidemiology, common design features of all epidemiological studies.

PECOT

Participants, Exposure, Comparison, Outcomes, Time - the 5 parts of every epidemiological study.

Cohort Study

A study design where a group of individuals is followed over time to assess the development of outcomes.

Exposure Group (EG)

The group in an epidemiological study that is being exposed to a factor being studied.

Comparison Group (CG)

The group in an epidemiological study that is used as a baseline to compare against the exposure group.

Incidence

The number of new cases of a disease or condition in a population over a specific time period divided by the size of the population.

Prevalence

The proportion of a population that has a particular disease or condition at a specific point in time or over a specified period of time.

Exposure Group Occurrence (EGO)

The occurrence (or risk) of disease in the exposure group, calculated as a/EG.

Comparison Group Occurrence (CGO)

The occurrence (or risk) of disease in the comparison group, calculated as b/CG.

Occurrence (or risk) of dis-ease

Numerator / Denominator