Epidemiology in Dental Hygiene Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of epidemiology as applied to dental hygiene practice. It covers the study of patterns, causes, and effects of oral health and disease conditions in diverse populations. Students will learn about epidemiological methods, measures of disease frequency and association, data interpretation, and the application of findings to promote oral health and prevent disease. Emphasis is placed on critical analysis of scientific literature and the role of epidemiology in evidence-based dental hygiene practice.
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Community Oral Health Practice for the Dental Hygienist 4th Edition by Christine French
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Chapter 1: People's Health: An Introduction
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Q1) Impacting oral health to address the multifactorial nature of oral disease will require which of the following?
A) Research
B) Cost to benefit ratio
C) Interprofessional collaboration
D) Closer relationships with third-party carriers of insurance
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following terms refers to the effort that is organized by society to protect, promote, and restore the health and quality of life?
A) Class structure
B) Population demographics
C) Social stratification
D) Public health
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Careers in Public Health for the Dental Hygienist
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Q1) Dental hygienists who serve on state dental boards are evaluating skills of recent graduates and are filling which of the following roles?
A) Clinician
B) Consumer advocate
C) Educator
D) Administrator
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is an example of primary prevention?
A) An amalgam restoration
B) Dentures
C) Dental prophylaxis
D) Implants
Answer: C
Q3) National Children's Dental Health Month is which of the following?
A) February
B) May
C) October
D) December
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Assessment for Community Oral Health Program Planning
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Q1) The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts is the definition of which of the following?
A) Dental public health
B) Curriculum of dental hygiene
C) Public health assessment
D) Dental epidemiology
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is one of the five core areas of knowledge in the national examination written by the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)?
A) Communication and informatics
B) Diversity and culture
C) Leadership
D) Health policy and management
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Measuring Oral Health Status and Progress
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Q1) The proportion of oral and pharyngeal cancer lesions diagnosed at the earliest stage is collected through: (Select all that apply.)
A) state cancer registries.
B) the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
C) the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
D) reports from the American Board of Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Q2) Which of the following is true of the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS)?
A) It was developed as a clinical scoring system.
B) It uses a dichotomous measure that requires a simple yes or no response.
C) It is designed to assess root surface caries rather than coronal caries in elderly populations.
D) It is not intended to be used in clinical practice.
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Chapter 5: Population Health
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Q1) One of the major challenges facing meeting unmet oral health care needs is which of the following?
A) Inadequate state funding of public programs
B) Geographic maldistribution of dentists
C) Lack of knowledge about the scope of the disease by funders
D) Poor administration of programs at the state and federal level
Q2) During the period 1988-1994, what percentage of adults in the United States aged 35-44 years had gingivitis?
A) 25%
B) 33%
C) 50%
D) 76%
Q3) Which of the following organizations developed the Oral Health Country/Area Profile Program (CAPP) in 1995?
A) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
B) World Health Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO)
C) World Health Organization (WHO)
D) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
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Chapter 6: Oral Health Programs in the Community
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Q1) Which of the following is the key to a measurable objective?
A) The time frame
B) The performance verb
C) The condition
D) A specific goal
Q2) The "WHAT" in the implementation strategy development should address which of the following?
A) The organization responsible for each action step
B) The activities required to achieve the objectives
C) The chronologic sequence of the action steps
D) What materials, methods, media are needed
Q3) If the objectives of a community health program are not met, it does not mean a program is a failure for which of the following reasons?
A) The workers were reimbursed for their time.
B) If a program is evaluated properly, in some sense it has been a success.
C) Some form of care was delivered to the public.
D) At least the implementers tried.
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Chapter 7: Applied Research
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Q1) The P value indicates which of the following?
A) A range of values within which the parameters of the population have a probability of lying
B) How likely it is that the study could have come to a false scientific conclusion
C) How many subjects are needed to provide significance
D) The rejection of a null hypothesis when it is true
Q2) Which term is used when discussing numeric characteristics of samples?
A) Calibrated
B) Statistic
C) Inferential
D) Variable
Q3) Another name for t-test for dependent samples is which of the following?
A) Paired samples
B) Matched samples
C) Repeated measures t-test
D) Paired samples, matched samples, and repeated measure t-tests
Q4) A Type I alpha error is which of the following?
A) When the researcher rejects the null hypothesis
B) When the researcher accepts the null hypothesis
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Chapter 8: Health Promotion and Health Communication
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Q1) The essential strategic planning steps for effective health communication, in correct order, are which of the following?
A) Analyze and segment the target audience, set communication objectives, review the background information, and develop a promotion plan.
B) Set communication objectives, develop a promotion plan, pretest the message, and conduct an outcome evaluation.
C) Develop a promotion plan, analyze the target audience, pretest the message, and conduct an outcome evaluation.
D) Review the background information, analyze the target audience, develop and pretest message concepts, and develop a promotion plan.
Q2) According to the Health Belief Model, which of the following is one's opinion of the efficacy of the advised action to reduce risk or seriousness of impact?
A) Perceived severity
B) Perceived susceptibility
C) Perceived benefits
D) Perceived barriers
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Chapter 9: Social Responsibility
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Q1) The shortage of dental professionals has led to new interest in:
A) shortening the length of the professional school curriculum.
B) increasing support for creation of more dental professional schools.
C) introducing a credential for a dental midlevel provider.
D) reducing entry restrictions for graduates of foreign dental professional programs.
Q2) What percentage of the physical injuries from physical abuse involves the head, face, mouth, and neck?
A) 25%-35%
B) 40%-55%
C) 60%
D) 65%-75%
Q3) Technology has allowed for the delivery of advanced surgical and cosmetic dental services to one segment of the population, even while significant barriers to accessing even preventive and basic restorative care still exist for other segments.
A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second statement is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second statement is true.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competence
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Q1) The second rim of the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence represents which of the following?
A) Global society
B) Community
C) Family
D) The person
Q2) Actions to address health disparities in a community include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Measure the level of fluoride level in the water supply.
B) Increase awareness about health disparities.
C) Create healthy neighborhoods.
D) Provide a list of dental care providers in a flyer.
E) Support health and safe behaviors in your community.
Q3) Which of the following is the lowest step on the cultural competency continuum?
A) Cultural blindness
B) Cultural destructiveness
C) Cultural incapacity
D) Cultural competence
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Chapter 11: Service-Learning: Preparing Dental Hygienists
for Collaborative Practice
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Q1) Mutual objective formation requires which of the following?
A) Mutual respect
B) Establishing evaluation criteria
C) Editing of the SLO to meet goals of the student
D) Collaboration
Q2) Which of the following principles must be in place for effective interdisciplinary teamwork to occur?
A) Establishing a clear structure of authority
B) Establishing effective communication
C) Determining measurable outcomes
D) Establishing a clear structure of authority, establishing effective communication, and determining measurable outcomes
Q3) According to service-learning, the community partner's objectives are called:
A) service objectives.
B) learning objectives.
C) object objectives.
D) outcome objectives.
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