Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

surveillance is important to public health primarily because it prevents the spread of infectious or communicable diseases. By requiring healthcare providers to report cases classified as notifiable diseases, state and federal public health departments can monitor the trends of these diseases in real time. As a result, these departments can respond to an increase in a specific notifiable disease early to contain a would be epidemic. 2. Describe some actions that governments and public health…

with sexually transmitted diseases is the result of this. Planned Parenthood and other women…

descriptive epidemiology, with selected applications to two critically important tasks of healthcare managers: planning and quality control” (Fleming, S. 2008). Throughout the history, the focus of the healthcare, including the education and delivery, was mostly reactive, fighting the disease once it occurs. Healthcare professionals were taught to diagnose and treat the disease. Following the treatment, the patient would leave the system, only to enter it, when another health event happened.…

As people age they tend to lose muscle mass. Regular exercise and physical activities can help to improve muscle mass and also help to reduce some health problems associated with age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), engaging in moderate-intensity aerobic activity such as brisk walking) every week and muscle-strengthening activities 2 or more days a week that work all major muscle groups in the body is crucial to healthy living for adult 70 years over (CDC,…

public such as: how one may contract the virus from a host who is unaware that they are carrying the disease, or how the CDC stated that…

people who suffer from hereditary diseases worldwide. The children and adults that have these diseases have no control in preventing them. A person inherits a chronic disease from their parents based upon their genetic makeup. A hereditary disease is an inherited medical condition caused by a DNA abnormality. When you have a hereditary disease you encounter mental, physical and emotional impacts, both short term and long term at any age. The caregivers of congenital disease individuals also…

In the American culture obesity is becoming more prevalent each day. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states, “more than one- third (34.9% or 78.6 million) of the U.S Adults are obese. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015)” It is our job as nurses to help educate the American culture on obesity. First, I would approach the subject about obesity to a patient by putting myself in their shoes and try to understand what is really going on. Everyone has a story,…

The first top four mentioned etiologic agent that caused diarrhoeal disease is rotavirus. Rotavirus is of the Reoviridae family and is a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus that has a wheel-like appearance when viewed under a microscope (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2009). Figure 3 shows the image of rotavirus under a microscope. Rotavirus is claimed to be very stable as it can remain viable in the environment for months if not sterilized (CDC, 2009). Therefore,…

at play groups or in most cases at school/daycare together, they build strength in numbers against a possible contagious disease outbreak. Commonly known as a “herd immunity,” this means that the number of children in a vaccinated population provides protection in greater numbers to those who are not (Willingham, Helft). Not only does vaccination safeguard the child from disease and illness, but it also can assist to safeguard those who may not be able to immunized in the instance of medical…

According to The Health Affairs, the major threat to most Americans’ health is chronic disease, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. These diseases affect more than 130 million Americans, over half the population, and many are linked to unhealthy diets and low levels of activity, and they are highly preventable (Haberkorn, Jennifer). The United States spends substantially more per capita on healthcare than other developed countries, yet the United States does not have superior health…