Description
Selected disease: HEART DISEASE
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
Incidence and Prevalence: In this section, you will analyze what the data reveals about the disease. Review the CDC website to interpret the available data for the chosen disease.
Incidence: Interpret what the available data reveals about the number of incidences of this disease, including how often individuals contract or develop this disease in the United States.
Prevalence: Determine how prevalent the disease is in the United States, including the most affected populations. Support your determination with available data.
Correlation With Risk Factors: Based on your interpretation of the available data and your research on risk factors, explain whether the incidence and prevalence of the disease correlates with the major risk factors you identified.
Treatment and Prevention: In this section, you will research and discuss prevention and treatment options available for the selected disease.
Prevention Strategies: Describe the common primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies practiced regarding the selected disease. Support your description with specific examples.
Treatment: Describe common treatments used on individuals as the disease progresses and determine which may be appropriate for informing public health strategies.
Public Health Applications: Illustrate how the identified prevention and treatment options might be able to inform future strategies aimed at improving public health. Support your discussion with specific examples.
The Ecological Model and Public Health: In this section, you will review the roles that individuals, communities, and governmental levels have in addressing public health issues in general and how these can ultimately affect the health of an individual.
Individuals and Communities: What role do individuals and communities play in impacting public health issues? Provide examples to support your discussion.
Governmental Levels: What role do governmental levels play in addressing health issues in the public arena? Provide examples from the state and federal level to support your claims.
Individual’s Health: What effect do these levels have, ultimately, on the health of individuals suffering from the selected disease?
