Question:

Human Disease and Prevention

You are required to write an illustrated report demonstrating your understanding of human disease and prevention. You report must cover the sections outlined below.

SECTION ONE

• Identify and outline the four main categories of disease.

• Explain the causes and risk factors of disease.

• Identify and compare the modes of transmission of infectious disease providing at least one example of a pathogen that can be transmitted by each mode identified.

SECTION TWO

Choose ONE disease/condition from CHD, HIV or measles. For your chosen disease/condition you need to:

• Analyse the incidence of the disease/condition e.g. number of cases of the disease.

• Identify and explain any patterns seen in the data, for example, in relation to age, sex, geographic location etc.

SECTION THREE

For the disease/condition that you have discussed in section 2, evaluate the measures that could be taken by individuals and through legislation to reduce the incidence of that disease/condition.

GUIDANCE

Conclusions and recommendations must include from your findings.

Relevant theory must be referenced where appropriate and you must provide a references list and bibliography.

Your report should contain appropriate drawings and diagrams (graphs, tables, infographics) to support your commentary. If these are taken from published sources they must be referenced accordingly.

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