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?