Homework: Communicable Disease Article
For the next newsletter, you have been asked to write about the effect of a specific communicable disease on your community.
Identify a communicable disease to research.
Write a 700 to 1,050 words paper that summarizes your research. Your paper should:
1) Describe the disease and discuss efforts to control it.
2) Identify the environmental factors related to this disease.
3) Explain the influence of lifestyles, socioeconomic status, and disease management.
4) Identify gaps and how you might connect to other resources to meet needs that are not locally available.
5) Include recommendations to expand the community's programs if there are gaps.
6) Describe what the public health department is doing to reduce the threat of the disease.
7) Include data findings, evidence-based intervention, and a plan to ensure quality health.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.