C228 Community Health and Population
Task:
Community Advocacy The graduate develops culturally sensitive and relevant strategies to advocate for populations, based on knowledge of community health systems.
Community Health Promotion The graduate proposes health promotion initiatives and services to promote disease and injury prevention.
Global Health The graduate analyzes past and present initiatives meant to improve the health of the global community.
Emergency Response The graduate plans for the preparation, response, and recovery of communities from natural and human-caused emergencies and disasters.
Communicable Disease The graduate analyzes the impact of communicable diseases on the health of individuals, families, and communities in a global environment.
1. Analyze the epidemiological determinants and risk factors associated with the outbreak.
2. Discuss the route of transmission of the selected disease.
3. Discuss how an outbreak of the selected disease would impact your community at a systems level (e.g., the functioning of schools, local government, businesses, hospitals).
4. Explain what the reporting protocol would be if an outbreak of the selected disease were to occur in your community.
5. Discuss two strategies.