mod 1 case
Twenty-five children in Fallsburg Elementary School (with a population of 60 pupils) received their immunization against whooping cough to protect the school’s student population. In your role as health officer, you collected the documentation from parents on the first day of school. You found that 25 students had received their immunization against the disease. You have been asked to explain some basic epidemiologic concepts to the parents who did not have their children immunized.
You have been tasked to do the following:
1. Define the term population at risk and indicate which of the elementary students are not at risk.
2. Also describe the difference between incidence and prevalence.
Be sure to justify your response with evidence from the literature.
Assignment Expectations, in order to earn full credit
Please write your paper in your own words. That is the only way I can evaluate your level of understanding. Quotes are rarely needed; if necessary, they should comprise less than 10% of a paper and must be properly cited.
Even though the papers must be written in your own words, you are required to cite sources for any statement of fact or idea that is not common knowledge. You are required to cite the sources within the body of the paper and include a reference list at the end of the paper.
Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source of information. Use credible, professional, and scholarly sources such as journal articles from ProQuest or EBSCO, and government, university, or nonprofit organizations’ web sites.
For each module as a whole, you must clearly show that you have read the module homepage and the required background materials. You are welcome to do research, in addition to but not instead, of the required readings.
Your papers will be evaluated on the following factors:
•References – citations are used within the body of the paper any time you state a fact or idea that is not common knowledge and a reference list is included at the end of the paper.
•Precision – you follow all instructions and you answer each part of the assignment.
•Breadth – you show broad knowledge of the module’s topic.
•Depth – you go into detail to show more critical thought about the specific assignment.
•Clarity – the extent to which you elaborate and include discussion or examples as asked.
•Application – the extent to which you apply the information to a real-life situation related to the assignment, if asked.
mod 3
Write a 2-3 pages descriptive epidemiological analysis of the following diseases: Lyme disease or Malaria.
1. Describe the basic patterns of this health condition by person, place, and time. Please research from the module materials and any credible, scholarly and professional source including the University’s online library in providing your response.
Be sure to support your essay with evidence from the literature.
Assignment Expectations, in order to earn full credit:
Length: Case assignments should be 2-3 pages in length.
Please write your paper in your own words. That is the only way I can evaluate your level of understanding. Quotes are rarely needed; if necessary, they should comprise less than 10% of a paper and must be properly cited.
Even though the papers must be written in your own words, you are required to cite sources for any statement of fact or idea that is not common knowledge. You are required to cite the sources within the body of the paper and include a reference list at the end of the paper.
Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source of information. Use credible, professional, and scholarly sources such as journal articles from ProQuest or EBSCO, and government, university, or nonprofit organizations’ web sites.
For each module as a whole, you must clearly show that you have read the module homepage and the required background materials. You are welcome to do research in addition to — but not instead of — the required readings.
Your papers will be evaluated on the following factors:
•References – citations are used within the body of the paper any time you state a fact or idea that is not common knowledge and a reference list is included at the end of the paper.
•Precision – you follow all instructions and you answer each part of the assignment.
•Breadth – you show broad knowledge of the module’s topic.
•Depth – you go into detail to show more critical thought about the specific assignment.
•Clarity – the extent to which you elaborate and include discussion or examples as asked.
•Application – the extent to which you apply the information to a real-life situation related to the assignment, if asked.
Before you begin, please review this information about When to Cite Sources http://www.princeton.edu/pr/
Other resources are available at http://www.plagiarism.org/
Write a 2-3 pages in which you do the following:
1. Select an infectious disease and discuss its transmission and control measures. Be sure to identify the reservoir(s) of your selected infectious disease.
Support your paper with evidence from the literature.
Assignment Expectations, in order to earn full credit:
Length: Case assignments should be 2-3 pages in length.
Please write your paper in your own words. That is the only way I can evaluate your level of understanding. Quotes are rarely needed; if necessary, they should comprise less than 10% of a paper and must be properly cited.
Even though the papers must be written in your own words, you are required to cite sources for any statement of fact or idea that is not common knowledge. You are required to cite the sources within the body of the paper and include a reference list at the end of the paper.
Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source of information. Use credible, professional, and scholarly sources such as journal articles from ProQuest or EBSCO, and government, university, or nonprofit organizations’ web sites.
For each module as a whole, you must clearly show that you have read the module homepage and the required background materials. You are welcome to do research, in addition to — but not, instead of — the required readings.
Your papers will be evaluated on the following factors:
•References – citations are used within the body of the paper any time you state a fact or idea that is not common knowledge and a reference list is included at the end of the paper.
•Precision – you follow all instructions and you answer each part of the assignment.
•Breadth – you show a broad knowledge of the module’s topic.
•Depth – you go into detail to show more critical thought about the specific assignment.
•Clarity – the extent to which you elaborate and include discussion or examples as asked.
•Application – the extent to which you apply the information to a real-life situation related to the assignment, if asked.
Before you begin, please review this information about When to Cite Sources http://www.princeton.edu/pr/
Other resources are available at http://www.plagiarism.org/
You are a Health Officer for a rural county health department and have been assigned to study the frequency of an infectious disease such as tuberculosis. Write a 2-3 pages essay in which you do the following:
1. Describe observational and experimental epidemiology. Be sure to identify differences between these two types of analytic epidemiology.
2. Under what conditions will you conduct a case-control study, as opposed to a cohort study?
Be sure to support your opinion with evidence from the literature.
Assignment Expectations, in order to earn full credit:
Length: Case assignments should be 2-3 pages in length.
Please write your paper in your own words. That is the only way I can evaluate your level of understanding. Quotes are rarely needed; if necessary, they should comprise less than 10% of a paper and must be properly cited.
Even though the papers must be written in your own words, you are required to cite sources for any statement of fact or idea that is not common knowledge. You are required to cite the sources within the body of the paper and include a reference list at the end of the paper.
Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source of information. Use credible, professional, and scholarly sources such as journal articles from ProQuest or EBSCO, and government, university, or nonprofit organizations’ web sites.
For each module as a whole, you must clearly show that you have read the module homepage and the required background materials. You are welcome to do research, in addition to — but not, instead of — the required readings.
Your papers will be evaluated on the following factors:
•References – citations are used within the body of the paper any time you state a fact or idea that is not common knowledge and a reference list is included at the end of the paper.
•Precision – you follow all instructions and you answer each part of the assignment.
•Breadth – you show a broad knowledge of the module’s topic.
•Depth – you go into detail to show more critical thought about the specific assignment.
•Clarity – the extent to which you elaborate and include discussion or examples as asked.
•Application – the extent to which you apply the information to a real-life situation related to the assignment, if asked.
Before you begin, please review this information about When to Cite Sources http://www.princeton.edu/pr/
Other resources are available at http://www.plagiarism.org/
