Infectious disease

Create a top ten list of uncontrollable risk factors for infectious diseases. Then prescribe a prevention plan for each risk factor. Please include at least 2 references and citations within the body of the assignment.

Acute and Chronic Diseases

What are some signs and symptoms of acute diseases? What can influence a chronic disease to become fatal? If we have the knowledge of risk factors and approaches to risk reduction, why do people continue making unhealthy choices? How can we (as a class) encourage people to change their behaviors? How do choices we make in our younger years influence health later in life?

Analysis of Betty Neuman in Family Nursing

Critique the framework for: 1) Applicability, feasibility, and use in advanced practice nursing. 2) Applicability to culturally diverse families. 3) Potential to generate a research base for advanced practice nursing Discuss at least two strengths, and two weaknesses of the theory for use in family nursing practice.

Community Health Issue

Consider the 'community' of individuals serving our country in the Middle East. Many are returning home with an affliction termed Baghdad Boil, or cutaneous leishmaniasis. Caused by a parasite that lives in sand flies, lesions appear on the skin which can impact a person with swelling and sores that can last for months. What impact can you think of regarding this community health issue?

Community Health Response

The ‘Center for Studying Health System Change’ conducted a national study of 33,000 families. They found that Latinos and Afro-Americans have a harder time accessing healthcare than other groups even when all populations were uninsured. What would be an appropriate community health response to this finding?