Assignment:
Instructions
Students will be required to complete a 7-10 page final paper for course. The final paper will require the student to select an infectious or chronic disease and provide an epidemiological overview of this topic. APA Format is required for this paper. All writing should be in paragraph form and academic writing style (no lists). Include at least one epidemiologic table or graph in proper format.
Since topics may vary, formatting will as well; however, students will need to provide:
Abstract
Introduction of disease
nature of disease - if chronic or acute, infectious or not, disease agent or underlying causes
Clinical picture - symptoms of disease, treatment
Descriptive epidemiology
Number of people infected or affected today (number of deaths, if applicable) should also use graphs and tables (Use descriptive epidemiology concepts) - at least one is required
What populations are more at-risk and why?
overall trend in incidence and prevalence of disease
Public health
interventions including prevention such as vaccination programs, educational efforts
how is the disease controlled by public health (not how individuals avoid it)
Conclusion
what is the outlook of the disease?
summarize main points of paper
Students will be required to complete a double spaced 7-10 page final paper for this course. The 7-10 pages should not include the title page and reference page(s). Charts, graphs, photos, drawings, lists and extended quotes* will not count against the pages of written text required.