Current disease trends in America include dramatic increases in obesity, cardiovascular\tdiseases, diabetes, strokes, and other age- and lifestyle-related conditions. This suggests\tneeds for community organizations to provide education and exercise programs for all ages;\tfor employers to provide incentives for participation in health maintenance and wellness\tprograms, gyms and exercise programs; and for hospitals to provide adequate follow-up\tinstruction after discharge.\t\u00b7 Resources: Appendix A and the appropriate Web site for the disease selected\t\u00b7 Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum\t\u00b7 Review the final project requirements described in Appendix A.\t\u00b7 Select one of the following widespread health issues: obesity, congestive heart disease,\tdiabetes, cancer, stroke, or COPD. If you would like to choose another subject, you must\tcontact the instructor by Week Five and seek approval for that disease.\t\u00b7 Visit two or more of the following Web sites that are appropriate for your selected\tdisease:\to Center for Disease Control: http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\to Mayo Clinic: http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.com\to American Heart Association: http:\/\/www.americanheart.org\to American Lung Association: http:\/\/www.lungusa.org\to American Diabetes Association: http:\/\/www.diabetes.org\to American Cancer Society: http:\/\/www.cancer.org\to WebMD\u00ae: http:\/\/www.webmd.com\t\u00b7 Use a minimum of two of the above Web sites and four additional sources other than the\ttext.\t\u00b7 Provide an overview of the selected health issue.\t\u00b7 Review at least one current program within your local K-12 schools, your employer, or\tyour community that educates people about that disease. If you’re not sure where to find\tHCA 240 Health and Diseases\tCourse Syllabus Page 28\tinformation, check the school district’s Web site, your employer’s Web site or human\tresources department, the city’s Web site, or the county health department Web site.\t\u00b7 Propose an improved community-based education\/awareness program, targeted at the\tpopulation most affected by the disease, that builds upon the existing program you are\tresearching.\t\u00b7 Combine the disease overview, review of the education program for the disease, and\tyour proposal to improve the program into a paper according to the following guidelines:\to Identify the disease and describe characteristics of the group most affected by the\tdisease.\to Discuss the major causes of the disease, which body systems are affected, and how\tthose body systems are affected by the disease.\to Discuss risk factors that can be controlled and how to control them, as well as risk\tfactors that cannot be controlled.\to Discuss the evolution of treatment options available to patients; give a brief history of\ttreatment procedures over time.\to Describe current treatment methods, and include what patients can expect in regards\tto medical tests and procedures, equipment involved, therapies, and medications.\to Discuss future treatment options based upon current research.\to Evaluate the effectiveness of the existing education program you found.\t\u00b7 What kind of information and patient support is available in the program?\t\u00b7 How is the information delivered?\t\u00b7 Is the information readily available to those who need it most?\t\u00b7 Is the information comprehensive, helpful, supportive, etc.?\t\u00b7 What is being done well?\t\u00b7 What needs to be done better? How can it be accomplished?\t\u00b7 What new features would you add to the program in order to improve it?\to Propose a new, effective way to get word of the improved program out to greater\tnumbers of the targeted population.\t\u00b7 Select a spokesperson: someone famous? An “average”\ufffd person? A cartoon\tcharacter?\t\u00b7 How will the information be distributed? On TV, in a game, in a newspaper or\tflier?\t\u00b7 Compile your findings into a 2,000- to 2,400-word paper in APA format.\t\u00b7 Post your paper as a Microsoft\u00ae Word attachment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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