Public Health Service Activity Assignment Instr
1st Assignment Instructions:
Public Health Service Activity Assignment Instructions
Overview
The 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) describe the public health activities that all communities should undertake. It is important for students to be familiar with the EOHS and have a basic understanding of those services.
Instructions
Students will review the 10 Essential Services of Public Health. They will discuss how 4 of the Essential Services of Public Health relates to the issues of medication advertising and the role of biostatistics. The answer must include at least 550 words.
Public Health Service Activity Grading Rubric:
Accuracy of Answers: Discussion of 4 of the Essential Services of Public Health relates to the issues of medication advertising and the role of biostatistics was clear and detailed.
Essay Question Format: Answer is at least 550 words.
Note:
Use AMA format.
Written assignments must be completed in the American Medical Association style (AMA).
2nd Assignment Instructions:
Discussion: Dilemmas in Biostatistics
Consider the following three scenarios:
1. Suppose you work for an organization that runs tests for life-threatening diseases and then discusses the results with their patients. You have just tested a 45-year-old male patient, father of six, and according to the test he is terminally ill. Statistics shows that the man has seven months to live.
Use at least 400 words. For the discussion thread, students must support their assertions with at least 2 scholarly citations in AMA format.
2. Your 31 year old daughter, who for five years has been underemployed and unemployed, announces she has secured a stable and high paying job as Director of Operations for a Colorado Marijuana facility.
Use at least 400 words. For the discussion thread, students must support their assertions with at least 2 scholarly citations in AMA format.
3. You are working for a foreign government that has had a disease epidemic in a certain region of their country which has led to the deaths of three million children. The disease is spread by mosquitoes, and the only quick and sure way to stop the epidemic is to spray Chemical H on the jungle environments where the mosquitoes live. Spraying the chemical will lead to environmental issues for 20 years.
Use at least 400 words. For the discussion thread, students must support their assertions with at least 2 scholarly citations in AMA format.
Pick two of the above scenarios and in that context, explain how your knowledge of biostatistics might inform how you address the situation and how you might advance a Biblical worldview. Feel free to add details or assumptions left ambiguous in the prompt.
Note:
Each thread of at least 400 words. For each thread, students must support their assertions with at least 2 scholarly citations in AMA format.
Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years (except for the Bible and the textbook). Acceptable sources include the textbook, the Bible, or professional publications.
Written assignments must be completed in the American Medical Association style (AMA).