Assignment: Small Pox

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. Please note that you must gain approval from your instructor for your topic during Week 4. Also, carefully review Lesson 7 before you begin to work on 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

There must be a minimum of five different scholarly sources used. References must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines for reference and bibliographic citation. If necessary, refer to Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ED). 2009 Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
3. Use Times New Roman Font in a 12-point font.

4. Use 1 inch for the top, bottom, left and right margins.

5. Use proper APA format as given to you in the attached example.