Category: HLTH

Case Study Review PowerPoint Presentation Assignment Instructions
Overview
The ability to
present technical information is a critical element in any professional’s
repertoire.  Furthermore, reviewing the
current literature is an essential task for the public health official.  Case studies provide an excellent resource that
one can review critically, present the information gleaned from it, and provide
ideas for approaching the public health problem it highlights.
Instructions
This assignment
must be 15-20 power point slides in current AMA format. You must include at
least 1 peer-reviewed article source in addition to the citation of the
assigned article or case study. The assignment must include your voice
narration.
Levine
– Case 11: “Reducing Guinea Worms in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa”
Respond
to the following:
·       Summarize
the case study’s major points, focusing on 3 key aspects.
·       Your
presentation must include the following: health condition, global importance of
the health condition, intervention or program, cost-effectiveness, and impact.
·       Describe
at least 2 ways these public health and organizational challenges were
overcome.
·       Indicate
how successful principles from this case study may be applied to other health
problems.
·       Evaluate adequacy of cost and cost-effectiveness
·       Use
1 peer-reviewed article in addition to the case study to support your opinions
·      
Information provided
on the slides should be cited using AMA format with footnotes
·      
The final slide should
contain a reference list using AMA format
·      
The PowerPoint
presentations should be submitted through the submission link in the course.

Research Paper: Outline Assignment Instructions
Overview
In public health, it is key to be able to identify problems
and determine solutions to those problems. 
Because cultures and problems are unique, solutions must be tailor-made
and this assignment is exactly that.  You
will identify a significant health problem in a specific community and propose
a program to address it in that community. 
This theoretical exercise guides you through the process that public
health professionals undertake when addressing needs in the field.
Instructions
Write a 1–2-page
outline of your Research Paper. This will be based on your health problem
chosen for your selected country/region. The outline must be arranged in an
alphanumeric format. It must include:
·       An introduction
and statement of the problem
·       Body to include at
least 3 main points and 3 sub-points
·       Conclusion
Be
sure to include challenges or limitations to carry out your proposed program.
Each major line in your outline must begin with a statement. Your outline must
be double-spaced. Your outline must be approved by your instructor before you
proceed.

Describe the positive and negative impacts of globalization in the health problem of your
selected article or case study.
 How was the problem addressed?
 What are the successes and challenges related to the problem? 
 How could lessons learned from the problem be used to address the same health issue
—or a similar health issue—in another location? 
According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis bacillus is the third leading
cause of death and nearly 1/3 of the world’s population is infected with the disease burden. The
negative impact of globalization and the spread of TB were associated with financial hardship
and infrastructure for public health systems that were limited in services to detect and treat the
disease. TB is spread by inhaling infected bacteria in the air caused by active TB carriers. This
causes the disease to migrate rapidly worldwide. The positive impact of globalization was that
countries recognized a serious public health problem and governments all over the world
working to sustain TB control strategies and standardized treatment with assistance from the
World Bank and the WHO. The DOTS program was cost-effective, which rolled out rapidly in
countries.
In China, the Infectious and Endemic Disease Control (IEDC) program was established to
help control their TB epidemic. The DOTS program was approached for early detection in
patients and included a 6-month treatment, where they were directly observed with antibiotic
intake. China adopted the program with patients seeking examinations, standardized treatment,
and standardized reporting to develop evidence of the detected infectious TB cases and to cure
those detected.
The challenges to the DOTS program were insufficient financing and lack of dispensaries
in poor provinces of China. Inadequate referrals of suspected TB cases from hospitals to the TB
dispensaries was also a challenge as hospitals had no economic incentive to refer patients to
dispensaries. One of China’s major successes with the national TB program was by
implementing the cost-effective program, they were able to lower treatment failure rate with
rapid scale-up and increased development. Their strong political support from their government
and incentives provided to doctors and patients were essential to the success of the program.
This large-scale TB control program was shown as the highest cure rate in China, which proves
that it can be successfully implemented in other countries with a TB epidemic. The highest rates
of TB occur in sub-Saharan Africa and can significantly reduce the health burden of TB with this
program. 
Levine R. Case Studies in Global Health: Millions Saved. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett
Publishers; 2007