With the increased mobility of human populations diseases can quickly spread around the world. In addition changes in vaccination practices have indicated an increase in communicable diseases that were once thought to be under control.
These global health issues present new problems for community health officials. In this task you will analyze a specific recent outbreak of a global communicable disease that has crossed international borders (i.e. TB outbreak Haiti to U.S.). Choose one of the following communicable disease outbreaks to address in your task:
? avian influenza
? measles
? respiratory syndrome coronavirus
? meningococcal disease
? tuberculosis
? malaria
Requirements:
A. Analyze the selected communicable disease outbreak (suggested length of 2?3 pages) by doing the following:
1. Describe a specific communicable disease outbreak.
Note: This may include the name of the disease countries involved date discovered and date the disease reached certain countries.
2. Analyze the epidemiological determinants of the outbreak.
a. Discuss the route of transmission of the disease causing the outbreak.
b. Discuss any risk factors involved.
3. Discuss how the outbreak could affect your community at a systems level (i.e. how it will affect the functioning of schools local government businesses hospitals).
4. Explain what the reporting protocol would be if an outbreak were to occur in your community.
5. Develop a plan for how you would report about the outbreak to key stakeholders in your community.
6. Discuss strategies (e.g. patient education strategies community education strategies) that you would recommend to prevent an outbreak in your community.
B. Include all in-text citations and references in APA format.
Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in an assessment the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the assessment.
Note: No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from outside sources even if cited correctly. For tips on using APA style please refer to the APA Handout web link included in the APA Guidelines section.
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