Community Health Nursing
Week 4
Assignment:
Write a scholarly paper in which you apply the concepts of epidemiology and nursing research to a communicable disease. Choose one communicable disease.
Epidemiology Paper Requirements
Include the following in your assignment:
- A thorough description of the disease including causes, mode of transmission, symptoms, treatment and complications. Discuss the demographic most affected-incidence, prevalence, morbidity and mortality.
- What are the determinants of health affecting this disease? https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health.
- Identify the epidemiologic triad including host, agent and environmental factors as related to this disease.
- Discuss the role of the public health nurse in relation to this disease. How is the public health nurse involved in finding, reporting, collection and analysis of data and follow up?
A minimum of three references is required. The written essay should be at least 1250 words in length.
APA format is required.
Answer:
Tuberculosis is one of the communicable diseases that not only affects Canadians but also the entire world. It is one of the illnesses leading to high death among people due to drug resistance. McIntosh (2017) asserts that it is the second biggest killer disease in the world Below is an analysis of the disease’s causes, mode of transmission, symptoms, treatment, and complications. The paper will also focus on the prevalence, mortality rate, determinants of health affecting the illness and role of public health nurses in relation to the disease. …click below to purchase the full answer at $10
