HCA 415 Week 2 Discussion: Infectious and Chronic Diseases

HCA 415 Week 2 Discussion: Infectious and Chronic Diseases

HCA 415 Week 2 Discussion: Infectious and Chronic Diseases

Imagine you are in charge of your local health department. You have found that your community has an epidemic of one of the diseases below (as noted by your last name).

Explain the actions you should take to reduce or stop the spread of the disease in your community. Develop a policy brief that you would implement to ensure that the disease incidence rate is reduced or eliminated.

Infectious Diseases:		Chronic Diseases:
Last Name A-B:	West Nile Virus	Last Name M-N:	Type II Diabetes (childen)
Last Name C-D:	Botulism	Last Name O-P:	Obesity & Overweight (adults)
Last Name E-F:	Measles	Last Name Q-R:	Lung Cancer
Last Name G-H:	Hepatitis B (acute form)	Last Name S-T:	Depression/Mental Health
Last Name I-J:	HIV	Last Name U-W:	Oral Diseases
Last Name K-L:	Influenza	Last Name X-Z:	Heart Disease

Also check:

HCA 415 Week 3 Assignment 1 ( 11 Blue Men )

·         HCA 415 Week 3 Assignment 2 ( Significant Contributions to Public Health – Part I )

·         HCA 415 Week 3 Quiz

·         HCA 415 Week 4 Assignment ( Advocating for Public Health Policy )

·         HCA 415 Week 4 Discussion 1 ( Public Health Disasters & Preparedness )

·         HCA 415 Week 4 Discussion 2 ( Allocating Public Health Resources )

·         HCA 415 Week 5 Assignment ( Significant Contributions to Public Health – Part II )

·         HCA 415 Week 5 Discussion ( What are YOU going to do about it )