The purpose of the discussion forum assignment is for class members to engage in a professional discussion about a particular topic and to support their comments using evidence. For each discussion assignment, a discussion prompt will be presented by course faculty. Students are to devise in writing an initial response to all components of the prompt. The initial response/post must be posted to the discussion forum by Wednesday at 11:30PM of the discussion week.
Students are also required to post at least two additional responses to posts made by other members of the class by no later than Friday at 11:30 PM. All posts (initial and replies) must include support from the reading assignments or other learning activities completed in the course. In-text citations and a complete reference list in APA format must be included in each post. Please use proper spelling and grammar in all posts. Please be respectful of your classmates and adhere to proper netiquette throughout the discussion. Unprofessional posts will be deleted and the student will receive a score of “0” for the assignment.
Prevention includes a wide range of interventions aimed at reducing risk or threats to health. Primary prevention aims to treat disease or injury before it occurs; secondary prevention aims to reduce the effects of illness or injury by detecting and treating as soon as possible; tertiary prevention aims to lessen the effect of ongoing illness or injury. Choose one of the mind-body-spirit or biologically based therapies you have studied and describe how it can be used in both primary and tertiary care. Use at least two scholarly articles to support your response.
