Assignment:
Communicable Disease Paper
Communicable diseases rely on fluid exchange, contaminated substances, or close contact to travel from an infected carrier to a healthy individual.
• Resource: Communicable Disease Paper Grading Criteria on the student website.
• Identify a communicable disease to research.
• Create a 700- to 1,050-word paper summarizing your research. Include the following information:
o Describethe disease and discuss efforts to control it.
o Identify the environmental factors related to this disease.
o Explainthe influence of lifestyles, socioeconomic status, and disease management.
o Identifygaps and how you might link to other resources to meet needs that are not locally available.
o Include recommendations to expand the communities' programs if there are gaps.
o Describe what the public health department is doing to reduce the threat of the disease.
o Include data findings, evidence-based intervention, and a plan to ensure quality health.
• Include at least three references.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.