Which of the following would a social epidemiologist be likely to study: group of answer choices the effects of redistricting on a local election the prevalence of crime surrounding john hopkins hospital the use of cough medicine as a recreational drug for suburban teens the high cancer rates surrounding a large manufacturing plant in new mexico

The correct answer is The high cancer rates surrounding a large manufacturing plant in New Mexico

Epidemiology is a basic discipline of Public Health focused on the understanding of the health-disease process in populations, an aspect that differentiates it from the clinic, which aims to study this process, but in individual terms.

As a science, Epidemiology is grounded in causal reasoning; As a Public Health discipline, it is concerned with the development of strategies for actions aimed at the protection and promotion of community health.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)