Request - Disease Brief

Write a disease brief, which will require the selection of a chronic or infectious disease from the list below. Conduct a brief analysis of that disease to inform your health professional peers.

Cover the etiology of the disease, research the incidence and prevalence of the disease, explore treatment and prevention, and consider how the ecological model impacts this public health issue.

Select one of the chronic or infectious diseases from the list below to be the focus of your research:

Write a disease brief on your selected disease. The disease brief must be 8 to 10 pages in length (plus a cover page and references), and must adhere to APA formatting for formatting and citations. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I.  Overview: In this section, introduce the disease selected, including an overview of its current impact on public health.

A. Level of Public Health Issue: Describe the disease selected and the impact it has on public health. In other words, is this a current public health issue, one that may become a major issue, or one that was a public health issue in the past?

Disease Selection and Overview

Identify the topic and some initial resources (journal articles, credible websites, etc.) for the final project. The initial research should provide both a strong direction for the final project topic and a collection of resources to guide the development of the disease brief. Be sure to include the APA citation for each resource.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

• Selected Disease: Provide a brief overview of the disease selected.
• Identifying Resources: Identify three to four resources (journal articles, credible websites, etc.) related to the disease and summarize each resource.
• Using Resources: Explain how you might utilize each of the identified resources in the disease brief.

Guidelines: Submit a2-3 page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and sources cited in APA format.

II. Etiology: In this section, you will research the selected disease and analyze its etiology.

A. Disease Progression: Based on your research, describe how the disease develops in the human body. Consider how the disease starts as well as the process the disease goes through as it progresses.

B. Risk Factors: Explain the major risk factors for contracting or developing this disease, using your research as support.

C. Transmission: Discuss whether the disease is chronic or infectious and how it is transmitted from individual to individual.

III. Incidence and Prevalence: In this section, you will analyze what the data reveals about the disease. Review the CDC website to interpret the available data for the chosen disease.

A. Incidence: Interpret what the available data reveals about the number of incidences of this disease, including how often individuals contract or develop this disease in the United States.

B. Prevalence: Determine how prevalent the disease is in the United States, including the most affected populations. Support your determination with available data.

C. Correlation With Risk Factors: Based on your interpretation of the available data and your research on risk factors, explain whether the incidence and prevalence of the disease correlates with the major risk factors you identified.

Etiology and Incidence and Prevalence

A short paper on the disease chosen. Identify the risk factors for the disease. Discuss the modes of transmission for the disease and its incidence, and prevalence.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

• Risk Factors: Explain the major risk factors for contracting or developing the disease, supporting your explanation with research.
• Modes of Transmission: Discuss whether the disease is chronic or infectious and how it is transmitted from individual to individual.
• Incidence: Determine the incidence of the disease in the United States, supporting your claim with data. In your research, you will investigate how oftenindividuals contract or develop the disease.
• Prevalence: Determine how prevalent the disease is in the United States, supporting your claim with data.

Guidelines: Submit 3page Microsoft Word document (not including the cover page and references) with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

IV. Treatment and Prevention: In this section, you will research and discuss prevention and treatment options available for the selected disease.

A.  Prevention Strategies: Describe the common primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies practiced regarding the selected disease. Support your description with specific examples.

B.  Treatment: Describe common treatments used on individuals as the disease progresses and determine which may be appropriate for informing public health strategies.

C.  Public Health Applications: Illustrate how the identified prevention and treatment options might be able to inform future strategies aimed at improving public health. Support your discussion with specific examples.

V.  The Ecological Model and Public Health: In this section, you will review the roles that individuals, communities, and governmental levels have in addressing public health issues in general and how these can ultimately affect the health of an individual.

A.  Individuals and Communities: What role do individuals and communities play in impacting public health issues? Provide examples to support your discussion.

B.  Governmental Levels: What role do governmental levels play in addressing health issues in the public arena? Provide examples from the state and federal level to support your claims.

C.  Individual's Health: What effect do these levels have, ultimately, on the health of individuals suffering from the selected disease?

Guidelines: Submit 3page Microsoft Word document (not including the cover page and references) with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.