HCS 330 Introduction to Health and Disease Trends – Entire Class
HCS 330 Week 1 Individual Assignment Pre-Class Diease Questionnaire
Discuss the Preclass Disease Questionnaire in class. The questionnaire is located in the Materials section of your student Web page. The Preclass Disease Questionnaire is designed to test your current knowledge regarding disease and its impact on society after you have completed the required
HCS 330 Week 2 Individual Assignment – Disease in the News
Write a critical appraisal of a peer-reviewed journal, newspaper, or magazine article that you have recently read concerning one infectious disease trend. Some examples of an infectious disease are Tuberculosis, AIDS, the Bird Flu, Anthrax, or Chickenpox. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, contain the following sections:
Author(s): Provide information about the author(s), including credentials and academic, organizational, or institutional affiliation. Does the author have a bias or vested interest?
Type of article: peer-reviewed journal, newspaper, magazine.
Introduction: What is the article about?
Claims: Does the article make any claims about treatment of the infectious disease?
Does the article provide a national or global perspective about the infectious disease?
Supporting evidence: What scientific evidence does the author(s) present to support his or her claims?
Conclusion
References
HCS 330 Week 3 Team Assignment – Adopt a Disease Paper
Begin developing the Adopt a Disease Paper due in Week Three. This paper will be posted in your Learning Team by Monday Week 3 at 11:59 pm MST.
Each Learning Team must identify a chronic disease to adopt throughout the duration of the course. Pick a chronic disease in which you are interested in from one of the major disease categories, such as heart disease, respiratory (asthma, smoking), endocrine (diabetic), liver hepatitis, or STDs.
Teams will investigate the history, etiology, affected populations, and possible treatment options (if any) for the selected disease.
Be concise while presenting the most relevant information. In a 700-1,050 word paper, present your findings.
Utilize a minimum of two research sources, with one from UOP Library and the other from Resource to support your claims.
HCS 330 Week 4 Individual Assignment – Culture and Disease Paper
Select a population of interest as part of your investigation; for example, choose a particular race or ethnicity and how it relates to your infectious disease.
Explore the social and cultural aspects of the disease in a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper.
Include the following information:
o Describe the agent of disease.
o Describe the factors that make this particular population vulnerable to the disease.
o Describe environmental factors that make the population vulnerable to the disease.
o What are the modes for disease transmission?
o What methods are used to control the spread of the disease? What alternative methods are used by the selected population for treatment? What is the effect of alternate treatments?
HCS 330 Week 5 Team Assignment – Adopt a Disease Presentation
Using the disease adopted for the week 3 paper, the learning team act as Directors of a major national public health group (FDA, DHHS, CDC, etc) and develop a new approach to increase public awareness in a selected community regarding your disease. The community may include current places of employment, health care service area, hospital, nursing home, church, school, etc. When selecting a disease, decide which public health problem is most pressing for this particular community.
Once the disease, agency, and population is selected, include:
Information about the disease (history, causes, treatment options if any, etc)
Possible solutions for reducing the disease in a selected community
Data regarding the number of people affected by the disease
Economic impact on the community
Resources such as Internet sites, books, articles or other related materials to increase the communitys awareness The final product for this presentation is a PowerPoint presentation with 12-15 slides and detailed speaker notes. Utilize a minimum of two research sources, with one from UOP Library and the other from rEsource to support your claims.
HCS 330 Week 1-5 Discussion Questions 1, 2, 3 are Included