What is the difference between disease and illness? Please give an example. Is obesity a disease? Do you believe that it should be classified as a chronic disease? Why or why not?
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 readings.
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 infectious diseases include Tuberculosis, AIDS, the Bird Flu, Anthrax, or Chickenpox.
- Address the following in a 1,250- to 1,500-word paper:
o Authors. Provide information about the authors, including credentials and academic, organizational, or institutional affiliation. Does the author have a bias or vested interest?
o Type of article: peer-reviewed journal, newspaper, magazine
o Introduction. What is the article about?
o Claims. Does the article make any claims about treatment of the infectious disease?
o Does the article provide a national or global perspective about the infectious disease?
o Supporting evidence. What scientific evidence do the authors present to support their claims?
o Conclusion
o Use at least two References
HCS 330 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Adopt a Disease Paper
Identify a chronic disease in which you are interested from one of the major disease categories, such as heart disease, respiratory (asthma, smoking), endocrine (diabetes), liver (hepatitis), or STD’s
o Address the following in a 700 to 1,050-word paper:
o Identify the history, etiology, affected populations, preventive measures, and possible treatment options for the selected disease
o Utilize a minimum of two research sources, with one from UOP Library and the other from rEsource to support your claims
o Submit the Adopt a Disease Paper in APA format with appropriate citations
o Post as an attachment in your Learning Team forum
Review the Adopt a Disease Newscast document located in the materials section in Week Three on the student Web site.
Review the Week Three objectives and discuss insights and questions you may have.
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?
o What role do social and cultural influences play in the disease for a particular population? What are the effects of the populations’ beliefs and values on treatment options?
- Utilize a minimum of two research sources, with one from University Library, to support your claims.
HCS 330 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Adopt a Disease Presentation
- Review the Adopt a Disease document located in the materials section in Week Five on the student Web site.
- Submit your Adopt a Disease Presentation this week.
What measures for disease prevention that were used historically should be used today? Why do you think some were discarded as preventive measures?
What is the difference between disease and illness? Please give an example.
Is obesity a disease? Do you believe that it should be classified as a chronic disease? Why or why not?
Which of the diseases discussed is the focus of Healthy People 2020? Why?
How do culture and health beliefs affect the spread of emerging diseases?
Does culture have a relationship to health service utilization? Why?
What external pressures have moved mainstream medicine to accept alternative therapies? Have any alternative therapies been proven to work as well as standard treatments? If so, name the therapies.
How do health promotion and wellness programs assist in decreasing chronic illness? Be specific.
Choose an emerging disease and discuss the related public health burden.
Why is terrorism listed as an emerging disease?
