Unit 3: Causes, Prevention, and Treatments of Infectious Diseases - Discussion

Please review the Discussion Board grading rubric on your Syllabus to understand how your posts will be evaluated. Your posts should be qualitative and provide substantive depth that advances the Discussion. You may view the Student Guide to Online Communication located in the Academic Tools tab above for additional information.

Initial Discussion responses should be around 150 words. You need to make 2 or more responses to your classmates or instructor and your responses should be around 75 words.

When you are ready, respond to the question you are assigned below. Answer Question 1 if your last name begins with A-H, Question 2 if your last name begins with I-Q, and Question 3 if your last name begins with R-Z.

For your reply posts, you must reply to each topic that you were not assigned for your original post.

TopicsTopic: Causes, Prevention, and Treatments of Infectious Diseases

. Explain the ways that HIV is transmitted and discuss the epidemic caused by the virus. The Continued Threat of Tuberculosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved fromhttp://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/11/02-0468_article 

Preventing Polio from Becoming a Reemerging Disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/7/01-7728_article 

Then, based on the article you selected, discuss the re-emergence of microbes with special reference to Polio or Tuberculosis(TB).

: Food Choices: Economics - Discussion

Discussion responses should be on topic, original, and contribute to the quality of the Discussion by making frequent, informed references to lesson materials and Seminars. Initial Discussion responses should be around 150 words. Responses to your classmates or instructor should be around 75 words. Be sure to cite at least one reference in your initial response.

For this Discussion, please respond to one of the questions listed below.

Additionally, make two or more responses to classmates that are thoughtful and advance the Discussion. Reponses should be formatted using APA style guidelines.

Topics

Economic Factors

The Unit 3 Discussions are based on the readings in Williams' textbook, Chapter 10. Therefore, you will need to complete the Unit 3 Reading in order to answer the topic questions. These questions will focus on individual and family food needs and costs.

• What are some of the economic factors that influence individual and family food needs and food choices? Please provide examples.
• What are at least three different sources of groceries, and how do those sources vary economically from one community to another?