Assignment Instructions

Students will be required to complete a 7-10 page final paper for this 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.

*Note: It is a rare instance that an extended quote is appropriate and most of the time they are considered non-academic.