Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease): eradication without a drug or a vaccine, Gautam Biswas, Dieudonne P. Sankara, Junerlyn Agua-Agum and Alhousseine Maiga, June 2013. Introduction: Dracunculiasis is the first parasitic disease that has the potential to be eradicated without the need of drugs or vaccines. Since the parasite life cycle revolves around the host consuming the infected copepod in the water, the experimental designed was to focus on the introduction of water treatment educations into
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Chronic Diseases Your Name Class Name Date Instructor Name Chronic Diseases Cancer is a major cause of death in developed countries such as the United States. Over twenty percent of all deaths are caused by cancer of some type, although the percentage can be higher at younger ages. It makes sense to try to avoid developing cancer in the first place, especially since the treatments are often only partially effective and frequently almost as unpleasant as the disease itself. After many years
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“The Great Mortality” Review Mitchell Marty The Great Mortality Book Review John Kelly’s book about the plague that struck Eurasia during the mid-14th century is a well-chronicled history of life during the 13th and 14th centuries. Kelly overviews the mortality caused by the plague as well as possible events and circumstances which made Eurasia susceptible to such an epidemic. The exact cause and source of the plague remain a mystery to this day but with Kelly’s use of statistics and first-hand
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Article Rebuttal BCOM/275 1/27/2014 Article Rebuttal “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (U.S. Const., am 2). Since the ratification of the Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment in 1791, our right to bear arms has been under attack. This article rebuttal will focus on an USA Today article titled “Epidemic: Guns kill twice as many kids as cancer does.” This article
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Measuring Disease The most common methods for assessing the amount of disease in a population are look at morbidity (illness) or mortality (death). There are 2 common methods used to measure morbidity; incidence and prevalence. Incidence The incidence of a disease is the rate at which new cases occur in a population at risk during a specific period. If the population is stable, the formula used is: Incidence = Number of cases / Population at risk x time during which cases were ascertained
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Name: College: Tutor: Date: Introduction Community health nurses have a responsibility of identifying issue which affects the community and create a plan which deals with it. In the current society, there are a lot of diseases which affect our communities. These diseases end up causing a lot of deaths. It is therefore important that nurses come up with a strategy of managing these deadly diseases. Examples of these deadly diseases are the heart diseases and stroke. Heart diseases are the
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DEADLY DISEASES AMONG US (Science Education NIH Supplement) 1. What disease do you think is the greatest threat to students in this class? Why do you believe that? What disease do you think is the greatest threat to the world’s population? Why do you believe that? Influenza would have to be the greatest threat. This disease is very resilient and even with a vaccine; society is still susceptible to getting infected. The disease has been given a specific time of year where it can be acquired
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Analyze the main causes of cancer in the developing world. Introduction: Cancer has becoming a main reason of death throughout the world, especially for developing countries with poor conditions which do not have a complete health system. Furthermore, it also causes the highest economic loss among all diseases. It has been reported by the American Cancer Society and LiveStrong (2010) that approximately 7.6 million mortality of cancer was reckoned and an economic loss of $895 billion was taken
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Windshield Survey Maggie Siler Ferris State University Windshield Survey Community assessment is crucial to planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs to improve the health of a population. A windshield survey is an informal method used by community health nurses to obtain basic knowledge about a given community. It provides a subjective view of the various physical characteristics of a communal area as observed while driving or walking through a neighborhood. Community
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Using the Health People 2010 document (http://healthypeople.gov/About/), answer the following questions. What are the two overarching goals of Healthy People 2010? List the 28 focus areas. How often is HP 2010 updated? Access the HP 2010 document by clicking the “full text of the second edition” link. List the five elements of a community health promotion programs as listed in focus area #7 – Educational and Community-Based Programs. 1.) The first goal of Healthy People
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