Essay Instructions: .
· Select one of the following widespread health issues: obesity.
· Visit two or more of the following Web sites that are appropriate for your selected
disease:
o Center for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov
o Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com
o American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org
o American Lung Association: http://www.lungusa.org
o American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org
o American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org
o WebMD®: http://www.webmd.com
· Use a minimum of two of the above Web sites and four additional sources other than the
text.
· Provide an overview of the selected health issue.
· Review at least one current program within your local K-12 schools, your employer,or NYC. For
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 can 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?
· Is the information readily available to those who need it most?
· Is the information comprehensive, helpful, supportive, etc.?
· What is being done well?
· What needs to be done better? How can it be accomplished?
· What new features would you add to the program in order to improve it?
o Propose a new, effective way to get word of the improved program out to greater
numbers of the targeted population.
· Select a spokesperson: someone famous? An “average” person? A cartoon
character?
· How will the information be distributed? On TV, in a game, in a newspaper or
flier?
· Compile your findings into a 2,000- to 2,400-word paper in APA format.
· Post your paper as a Microsoft® Word attachment.
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· Select one of the following widespread health issues: obesity, congestive heart disease,
· Visit two or more of the following Web sites that are appropriate for your selected
disease:
o Center for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov
o Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com
o American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org
o American Lung Association: http://www.lungusa.org
o American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org
o American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org
o WebMD®: http://www.webmd.com
· Use a minimum of two of the above Web sites and four additional sources other than the
text.
· Provide an overview of Obesity.
· Review at least one current program within your local K-12 schools, your employer, or
your community that educates people about that disease. If you’re not sure where to find
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. (NYC.gov)
· 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 can 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?
· Is the information readily available to those who need it most?
· Is the information comprehensive, helpful, supportive, etc.?
· What is being done well?
· What needs to be done better? How can it be accomplished?
· What new features would you add to the program in order to improve it?
o Propose a new, effective way to get word of the improved program out to greater
numbers of the targeted population.
· Select a spokesperson: someone famous? An “average” person? A cartoon
character?
· How will the information be distributed? On TV, in a game, in a newspaper or
flier?
· Compile your findings into a 2,000- to 2,400-word paper in APA format.
· Post your paper as a Microsoft® Word attachment.