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:
- Describe the agent of disease.
- Describe the factors that make this particular population vulnerable to the disease.
- Describe environmental factors that make the population vulnerable to the disease.
- What are the modes for disease transmission?
- 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?
- 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?