Assignment Instructions/ Description
A. Select one of the following communicable diseases that has had an outbreak across international borders:• influenza• measles• respiratory syndrome coronavirus• meningococcal disease• HIV/AIDS• Ebola virus• hepatitis B• hepatitis C• tuberculosis• Zika virus
B. Describe the outbreak of the disease selected in part A, including each of the following:• name of the disease• the countries involved• the date the outbreak was discovered• the dates the disease reached each involved country
1. Analyze the epidemiological determinants and risk factors associated with the outbreak.2. Discuss the route of transmission of the selected disease.3. Discuss how an outbreak of the selected disease would impact your community at a systems level (e.g., the functioning of schools, local government, businesses, hospitals).4. Explain what the reporting protocol would be if an outbreak of the selected disease were to occur in your community.5. Discuss two strategies (e.g., patient education strategies, community education strategies) that you would recommend to prevent an outbreak of the selected disease in your community.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
RUBRIC
B1COMPETENTThe analysis accurately identifies epidemiological determinants of the disease outbreak, accurately identifies risk factors of the disease outbreak, and logically discusses how each epidemiological determinant and risk factor identified is associated with the outbreak of the disease selected in part A
B2COMPETENTThe discussion logically and accurately describes the methods, determining factors, environments, and/or hosts required as part of the route of transmission for the disease selected in part A.
B3COMPETENTThe discussion accurately and logically explains how areas of the community would be impacted on a systems level if an outbreak were to occur locally.
B4COMPETENTThe explanation logically describes the steps, actions, or processes that make up the reporting protocol for the community and logically discusses how the community reporting protocol would be used if an outbreak of the disease selected in part A were to occur in the community.
B5COMPETENTThe discussion logically explains how each of the 2 strategies would prevent an outbreak of the selected disease in the community, and it logically explains why each of the 2 strategies are recommended.
PLEAESE USE MORE WEBSITES / ONLINE THAN ACTUAL BOOKS FOR REFERENCING.WHO, CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL,ALSO MY COMMUNITY IS KALAMAZOO, GRAND RAPIDS AREA - MICHIGAN
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