Miscellaneous

Prompt Given:

As a community healthcare professional, you may need to educate the community about disease. This activity provides you with the opportunity to create a presentation with real-world applications. The presentation will focus on hepatitis C.
Describe the symptoms and nature of hepatitis C, risk factors, prevention measures of hepatitis C. Create recommendations for healthcare planning in terms of resources for prevention and care.

Hepatitis C is a preventable and treatable communicable disease that impacts the liver (and other parts of the body). Despite effective prevention measures, many people who are infected with this illness experience treatment barriers that reduce quality of life and can ultimately lead to death.
Understanding this disease is transmitted and how we can mitigate the spread of this disease helps to reduce the incidence of this in our country (and world-wide). Understanding the barriers to treatment will help us be more efficient in our outreach and allow us to create innovative partnerships and solutions that will help us to affect change. 

Prompt: 

• Describe some of the deadliest diseases in human history.

• Explain how the diseases you described were transmitted.

• Analyze the means for eradicating the diseases you discussed.

Throughout history, we have experienced many deadly communicable diseases. Understanding the etiology, means of transmission, and prevention measures has been key in mitigation of impact.
This assignment highlighted how far we have come in medicine, how many incredible tools we have at our disposal, and how far we still have yet to go. 

Prompt Given:

This activity will allow you to explore descriptive epidemiological data and risks of influenza. Additionally, you will examine actual data about

influenza and apply it as you examine trends within at-risk populations.

Influenza is a well known communicable disease. While many individuals don't view this illness as something that is dangerous, history has shown us that this is not a virus to be trifled with. 

By learning about the etiology, incidence, prevalence, at-risk population, and prevention measures, we are able to improve the health outcomes within our local and larger communities.