Question

Which of the following is a contribution of William Farr?

a. He promoted the idea that many diseases, especially chronic diseases, have a multifactorial etiology.

b. He developed the eight guidelines listed in your text on chronic disease etiology.

c. He proposed five elements associated with chronic disease.

d. All of these are correct

Answer 1

answer is option d.

William Farr's contributions to epidemiology were both broad and deep. His creation of a vital statistics system, role in the formation of the International Classification of Diseases, and prominence in resolving the mode of communication of cholera in Victorian England were each seminal to modern epidemiology

He used vital statistics and other statistics to describe epidemiologic problems.

-He demonstrated the need for population studies to describe disease distribution and explain disease causation.

-He promoted the concept of multifactorial etiology

-He developed standardized statistical measures, such as the infant mortality rate and the standardized mortality rate.