Describe a specific, communicable disease outbreak.

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With the increased mobility of human populations, diseases can quickly spread around the world. In addition, changes in vaccination practices have indicated an increase in communicable diseases that were once thought to be under control. These global health issues present new problems for community health officials. In this task, you will analyze a specific, recent outbreak of a global communicable disease that has crossed international borders (i.e. TB outbreak, Haiti to U.S.).

A. Analyze the selected communicable disease outbreak (suggested length of 2?3 pages) by doing the following:

avian influenza

measles

respiratory syndrome coronavirus

meningococcal disease

tuberculosis

malaria

1. Describe a specific, communicable disease outbreak.

2. Analyze the epidemiological determinants of the outbreak.

a. Discuss the route of transmission of the disease causing the outbreak.

b. Discuss any risk factors involved.

3. Discuss how the outbreak could affect your community at a systems level (i.e., how it will affect the functioning of schools, local government, businesses, hospitals).

4. Explain what the reporting protocol would be if an outbreak were to occur in a community.

5. Discuss strategies (e.g., patient education strategies, community education strategies) that you would recommend to prevent an outbreak in your community.