Infectious Disease Paper Topic

Apply the concepts of population health and epidemiology to the topic.    

• Introduction:  Analysis of the communicable disease (causes, symptoms, mode of transmission, complications, treatment) to include demographic break down that includes age, gender, race, or other at-risk indicators (data per demographics should include mortality, morbidity, incidence, and prevalence).  

• Determinants of Health:  Define, identify and synthesize the determinants of health as related to the development of the infection.   Utilize HP2020.   

• Epidemiological Triad:  Identify and describe all elements of the epidemiological triad: Host factors, agent factors (presence or absence), and environmental factors. Utilize the demographic break down to further describe the triad.    

• Role of the NP:  Succinctly define the role of the nurse practitioner according to a national nurse practitioner organization and synthesize the role to the management of infectious diseases (surveillance, primary/secondary/tertiary interventions, reporting, data collecting, data analysis, and follow-up). This includes the integration of a model of practice which supports the implementation of an evidence-based practice.    

•   Length: The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) should be limited to a maximum of four (4) pages.  Papers not adhering to the page length may be returned to you for editing to meet the length guidelines. 

• Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the current edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section of the paper except for the introduction where no heading is used.  

• A minimum of five (5) scholarly research/literature references must be used. CDC or other web sources may be utilized but are not counted towards the three minimum references required. 

• APA format current edition. 

• Include scholarly in-text references and a reference list

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020/hp2020_topic_areas.htm 

https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/social-determinants-health