Excluding COVID-19, Identify a communicable or infectious disease that meets the following criteria:
Affects the state where you practice nursing (New Jersey)
Is mandated to be reported to the state health department (A list of notifiable diseases should be available from your state health department’s website.)
That you are able to obtain recent data for (within the past 5 years)
Review the “Project # 1 Databases” within the “Project Resources” link under the COURSE CONTENT menu section
The worksheet should include data to address the three content categories and subcomponents: 1) Disease & Causality ; 2) Risk & Rates of Occurrence; and 3) Control & Prevention. Each category will include thorough and complete background descriptions, epidemiological data, and relevant analysis demonstrating the significance of the findings and implications for disease control and prevention. You may consider developing paragraphs of data for the sections to support the worksheet if you are out of room on the paper.
Use the template to address the 3 key components and the subcomponents. Remember to address each for full credit. You may present in paragraph format if you do not use the template
Remember that you must address ALL Key category and subcomponents
Disease & Causality
Transmission (host, agent, mode of transmission, environment)
Brief pathophysiology and potential complications
Relationship between exposure and transmission
Risk & Rates of Occurrence
Susceptibility and risk/protective factors
Populations at risk
Provide current epidemiological data for the disease within your state including but not limited to morbidity and mortality
Morbidity (incidence, prevalence, disability, expenditures)
Mortality (case fatality rate and/or survival time)
Trend analysis (changes over time, across regions, etc.)
Prevention & Control
Procedures for reporting and surveillance
Interventions aligned with prevention levels (see table below)
Implement at least one mode of intervention to decrease the risk of transmission.
