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information, check the school district‟s Web site, your employer‟s Web
site or human
resources department, the city‟s Web site, or the county health
department Web site.
· Propose an improved community-based education/awareness
program, targeted at the
population most affected by the disease, that builds upon the existing
program you are
researching.
· Combine the disease overview, review of the education program for
the disease, and
your proposal to improve the program into a paper according to the
following guidelines:
o Identify the disease and describe characteristics of the group most
affected by the
disease.
o Discuss the major causes of the disease, which body systems are
affected, and how
those body systems are affected by the disease.
o Discuss risk factors that can be controlled and how to control them,
as well as risk
factors that cannot be controlled.
o Discuss the evolution of treatment options available to patients; give
a brief history of
treatment procedures over time.
o Describe current treatment methods, and include what patients ca n
expect in regards
to medical tests and procedures, equipment involved, therapies, and
medications.
o Discuss future treatment options based upon current research.
o Evaluate the effectiveness of the existing education program you
found.
· What kind of information and patient support is available in the
program?
· How is the information delivered?